Front Line Kids
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Directed byMaclean Rogers
Written by
- Jack Byrd
- H. F. Maltby
- Kathleen Butler
Produced byHugh Perceval
StarringLeslie Fuller
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| Directed by | Maclean Rogers |
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| Produced by | Hugh Perceval |
| Starring | Leslie Fuller |
| Cinematography | Stephen Dade |
| Edited by | A. Charles Knott |
| Music by | Percival Mackey |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Butcher's Film Service |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Front Line Kids is a 1942 British second feature ('B')[1] comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Leslie Fuller.[2] It was written by Jack Byrd, H. F. Maltby and Kathleen Butler.
In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent hotel porter to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building.
Cast
- Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg
- Leslie Fuller as Nobby Clarkson
- John Singer as Ginger Smith
- John Tacchi as Front Line Gang member
- Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue
- David Keir as The Parson
- George Pughe as Pinski
- Anthony Holles as hotelier
- Ralph Michael as Paul
- Ben Williams as porter
- Norman Pierce as P.C. Rozzer
- Eric Clavering as Carl
- Vi Kaley as Mrs. Lowther
- Nora Gordon as evacuee organiser
- Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang member
- Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang member
- Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang member
- Michael John as Front Line Gang member
- David Anthony as Front Line Gang member
- Norah Black
- O. B. Clarence as 'real' clergyman
- Vincent Holman as Police Sergeant
- Kay Lewis as receptionist
- Douglas Stewart as hotel guest
Production
It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei.