The Goose Steps Out

The Goose Steps Out (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
72 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Short Film
Black & White
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1942 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Basil Dearden
Will Hay

Written By:
John Dighton
Reg Groves

Actors:
Will Hay ..... William Potts
Frank Pettingell ..... Professor Hoffman
Julien Mitchell ..... General von Glotz
Charles Hawtrey ..... Max
Peter Croft ..... Hans
Anne Firth ..... Lena
Leslie Harcourt ..... Vagel
Jeremy Hawk ..... A.D.C.
Raymond Lovell ..... Schmidt
Aubrey Mallalieu ..... Rector
Barry Morse ..... Kurt
Lawrence O'Madden ..... Col. Truscott
Peter Ustinov ..... Krauss
John Williams ..... Maj.Bishop

Synopsis:

Future action-film expert Basil Dearden cut his directorial teeth on The Goose Steps Out, a wartime espionage comedy. The star (and co-director) is Will Hay, a major British comedian of the era whose stock in trade was playing pompous, inefficient schoolmasters. This time Hay and his confederates cross the path of a gang of Nazi spies, operating covertly in London. Using his wits (such as they are), Hay collars the Nazis and preserves the Empire. The popularity of Will Hay did not extend to American audiences, who couldn't see anything funny in such a pathetic character, but The Goose Steps Out was a big moneyspinner in Britain. The film also served as the screen debut of 20-year-old Peter Ustinov.

William Potts is double of a German spy, so he is dropped in Germany to get plans of secret weapon. After adventures and hair-raising trip in aeroplane he gets back, crashing safely in Whitehall.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 03 June, 2009.