Down Our Alley
1939 film by George A. Cooper
Down Our Alley is a 1939 British musical film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Hughie Green, Wally Patch and Vivienne Chatterton. It was made at Highbury Studios as a quota quickie.
Main cast
Hughie Green as Hughie Dunstable
Wally Patch as Mr. Dunstable
Vivienne Chatterton as Mrs. Dunstable
Sylvia Saetre as Sally
Anthony Holles as Tony
Daphne Raglan as Mary
Philip Morant as Eustace
Johnnie Schofield as Waiter
Reception
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The acting of the majority is overdone and the imitations of Joe E. Brown, which a slight resemblance calls forth, are very forced.
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