The Gang Show
1937 British film
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The Gang Show is a 1937 British musical film about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a variety show to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires.
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Written byMarjorie Gaffney (scenario), Ralph Reader
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
StarringRalph Reader,
Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson
Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson
| The Gang Show | |
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| Directed by | Alfred J. Goulding |
| Written by | Marjorie Gaffney (scenario), Ralph Reader |
| Produced by | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring | Ralph Reader, Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson |
| Cinematography | Ernest Palmer |
| Edited by | Peggy Hennessy |
| Music by | Gerald Walcan-Bright and Ralph Reader |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors (UK), Syndicate Pictures (USA). |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film was a vehicle for material from Ralph Reader's Gang Shows that had been successful on the stage in London's West End since 1932;[1] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave".[2] Shot at Pinewood Studios,[3] the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[4] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang.[5]
Cast
- Ralph Reader as Skipper
- Gina Malo as Marie
- Stuart Robinson as Raydon
- Richard Ainley as Whipple
- Leonard Snelling as Len
- Syd Palmer as Syd
- Roy Emerton as the Proprietor
- Percy Walsh as McCulloch
