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785:George in Civvy Street
633:Old Bones of the River
369:Basil McGrail as Bates
272:recently arrived from
21:Convict 99 (1919 film)
721:South American George
705:Turned Out Nice Again
569:Public Nuisance No. 1
158:Gainsborough Pictures
23:. For the novel, see
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769:He Snoops to Conquer
617:Alf's Button Afloat
1100:1930s British films
1090:Prison comedy films
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901:Alf's Button Afloat
761:Bell-Bottom George
585:Good Morning, Boys
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973:I Thank You
941:Band Waggon
845:Screenplays
713:I Thank You
665:Band Waggon
415:Garry Marsh
403:Roy Emerton
385:Teddy Brown
364:Alf Goddard
225:comedy film
93:Produced by
84:Ralph Smart
49:Directed by
1045:1938 films
1039:Categories
893:Convict 99
609:Convict 99
545:Dance Band
441:Convict 99
429:Convict 99
417:as Johnson
411:as Convict
299:, in east
220:Convict 99
192:91 minutes
176:1938-09-26
59:Written by
35:Convict 99
330:as Albert
297:Limehouse
274:Australia
144:Edited by
79:Val Guest
729:Hi Gang!
381:as Jimmy
375:as Mable
366:as Sykes
313:Will Hay
233:Will Hay
207:Language
110:Will Hay
103:Starring
965:Gasbags
689:Gasbags
285:forgery
211:English
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