Joey Boy (film)
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Mike Watts (adaptation and screenplay)
| Joey Boy | |
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| Directed by | Frank Launder |
| Written by | Frank Launder Mike Watts (adaptation and screenplay) |
| Based on | novel by Eddie Chapman[1] |
| Produced by | Sidney Gilliat |
| Starring | Harry H. Corbett Stanley Baxter Bill Fraser Percy Herbert Lance Percival Reg Varney |
| Cinematography | Arthur Lavis |
| Edited by | John Shirley |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | Temgrange |
| Distributed by | British Lion Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Joey Boy is a 1965 British comedy war film directed by Frank Launder and starring Harry H. Corbett, Stanley Baxter, Bill Fraser, Percy Herbert, Lance Percival and Reg Varney.[3] It was based on the 1959 novel by Eddie Chapman.[4]
After a gang of London Spivs are arrested for running an illegal gambling den during the Second World War they are offered a choice between prison and a tour of duty with the British Army putting their unique talents to work.
Cast
- Harry H. Corbett as Joey Boy Thompson
- Stanley Baxter as Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski
- Bill Fraser as Sergeant Major Dobbs
- Percy Herbert as Mad George Long
- Lance Percival as Clarence Doubleday
- Reg Varney as Rabbit Malone
- Moira Lister as Lady Thameridge
- Derek Nimmo as Lieutenant Hope
- Thorley Walters as Colonel Grant
- John Arnatt as Brigadier Charles Chapman
- Eric Pohlmann as Antonio
- John Phillips as Inspector Morgan
- Lloyd Lamble as Sir John Averycorn
- Edward Chapman as Tom Hobson
- Basil Dignam as General
- Vicki Woolf as Gina
Production
British Lion had been owned by the Conservative government since December 1963. In 1964 the government had it denationalised. Joey Boy was among the films released by British Lion in its first year of independence. By November 1965 it was seeking re-nationalisation.[5]