Where There's a Will (1936)

  • NR
  • 08/10/1936 (GB)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 20m

Overview

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities

William Beaudine

Director, Screenplay

Will Hay

Screenplay

Leslie Arliss

Story

Sidney Gilliat

Story

Robert Edmunds

Screenplay

Cast

Will Hay's headshot

Will Hay

Benjamin Stubbins
H.F. Maltby's headshot

H.F. Maltby

Sir Roger Wimpleton
Norma Varden's headshot

Norma Varden

Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Peggy Simpson's headshot

Peggy Simpson

Barbara Stubbins
Gibb McLaughlin's headshot

Gibb McLaughlin

Martin, The Butler
Gina Malo's headshot

Gina Malo

Goldie Kelly
Hartley Power's headshot

Hartley Power

Duke Wilson
Eddie Houghton's headshot

Eddie Houghton

Slug Riley

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