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Hue And Cry [DVD] [1947]

DVD ~ Alastair Sim
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  • Actors: Alastair Sim, Frederick Piper, Harry Fowler, Douglas Barr, Joan Dowling
  • Directors: Charles Crichton
  • Writers: T.E.B. Clarke
  • Producers: Henry Cornelius, Michael Balcon
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 13 Nov 2006
  • Run Time: 78 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000I5XNEC
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 4,290 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Street boys throw rocks as the credits for HUE AND CRY appear behind them, among the grafitti on a brick wall. Director Charles Crichton's camera pans across London's Docklands. Joe (Harry Fowler), one of the street boys, reads from a Blood and Thunder comic. Enthralled, he finds he is walking down the streets mentioned in the comic, as the action from the comic appears to unfold before him--a truck with the same number plate stops, men unload large crates looking like those in the comic, a man with a moustache waits outside. With hardly a thought, Joe is spying. He is caught but, after being interviewed by the police, finds he has a job in Covent Garden, and a puzzle to solve. Joe's gang discovers the comic is being used to send coded messages to gangs of criminals. Nobody believes them--so they set out to investigate themselves. The memorable, climactic sequence sees a huge swarm of boys attempting to round up the baddies through the London's 1940s docklands.
With fine performances by Fowler, Joan Dowling as the gang's only girl, Alastair Sim as the timid author of the bloodthirsty stories, and Jack Warner as Joe's boss, with T.E.B. Clarke's cunning script and Crichton's direction, HUE AND CRY snowballs from realism to fantastic thriller as it plays out in London's bomb-stricken streets.

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A Moment Caught, 24 Feb 2003
By J. Skade "joeskade" (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hue And Cry [VHS][1947] (VHS Tape)
This is the beginning of what we have come to know as the Ealing comedy. A charming story of a group of children who believe their favourite comic is being used by crooks to send secret messages, they set out to foil the villains by planting false clues. All the children are excellent as are the adult cast especially Jack Warner and the marvellously larger than life Alastair Sim.
The real hero of this romp is London. Again and again,the postwar bomb-ravaged city provides stunning scenery and a great stage for the action. The children move through ruins without a thought for danger building dens that any child would envy. It is as though the filmmakers wanted to capture this London before it inevitably disappeared. It is part of the vanished innocence at the heart of the film.
One can watch this film again and again with pleasure.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars 'Hue and Cry' (1947) MR Alistair Sim and ealing comedies, 13 Jul 2005
By L. Ssavy "savvy" (LONDON UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hue And Cry [DVD] [1947] (DVD)
Hue and Cry (1947) the first Ealing comedy with a cameo by A.S..is a delight made on location in the bomb sites of London, the city and covent garden
so historically fascinating.
like all movies with Alistair Sim it is 'exquisite' to watch..no other word than that for the delight in him and watching over and over again..
a dvd you must have in a collection of brilliant Ealing films.

At last Mr Sim is transferred to dvd..
'Green Man', 'An Inspector Calls' etc.... more please ?:-)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Boys Own Adventure, 8 Jul 2000
This review is from: Hue And Cry [VHS][1947] (VHS Tape)
Harry Fowler portrays a young man searching for a job. A Boys' Adventure Comic lands at his feet and he becomes interested in the weekly story. His interest is further piqued when some of the details in the story match actual events. Could a real gang somehow be using the magazine to send a code to its members? Very soon he draws others into his belief and together these boys and girls set out to catch the criminals.

A very entertaining film set in post-war Britain, featuring fine performances from its cast both young and old. Whether you're a fan of Alastair Sim (portraying the author of the magazine story), or the Ealing films, or of good British films then this is one to add to your collection.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Hue and Cry
As a fan of Ealing Comedies I hoped too much for this one.

Neither comical nor interesting, it is one of the most boring items I have ever come across... Read more
Published 3 months ago by CAB Sanders

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST EALING FILMS.
"J,Skade's" review (above) is an accurate and articulate review of this film and I agree with every word. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Thamesis

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful post war film
They simply don't make films like this anymore, and what wonderful actors, Alastair Sim and his young supporters were. Read more
Published 6 months ago by jonathan montmorency

5.0 out of 5 stars Pure Ealing magic
Full marks for another Ealing classic. Brilliant child actors, combined with a terrific plot, this is film to watch again and again. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Norman Cheeseworthy

4.0 out of 5 stars A Gem of a Film

One of the early Ealing comedies set in post-war London, so there's a lot of bomb sites and rubble! Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2007 by David Lusher

4.0 out of 5 stars Amusing, Wry And Endearing
Hue and Cry is considered the first of the Ealing comedies, a string of very funny British films put out by Ealing from the late Forties to the mid-Fifties. Read more
Published on 27 Jun 2007 by C. O. DeRiemer

3.0 out of 5 stars A good film, a rather poor DVD
The review contains no plot spoilers.

A little gem. Although this is pitched as "the first of the Ealing Comedies", there are few outright laughs and it's perhaps better to... Read more

Published on 18 Jan 2005

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