Demobbed (1944 film)

A group of demobbed ex-soldiers find work at a company that makes scientific instruments. When things start to go missing, Norma, a company secretary, enlists their help in tracking down the thieves. ==Cast==

• Norman Evans as Norman • Nat Jackley as Nat • Dan Young as Dan • Betty Jumel as Betty • Tony Dalton as Billy Brown • Jimmy Plant as Graham • George Merritt as James Bentley • Fred Kitchen as Black • Arthur Hambling as Curtis • Gus McNaughton as Capt. Gregson • Marianne Lincoln as Marianne • Anne Firth as Norma Deane • Neville Mapp as John Bentley • Webster Booth as himself • Anne Ziegler as herself • Sydney Bromley as BBC announcer • Kay Lewis as Norman Evan's partner • Freddie Watts as landlord of the Red Lion • Edgar Driver as the bookie • Noel Dainton as Police Inspector • Marjorie Gresley as the mother • Angela Glynne as the child ==Critical reception==

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "The film might prove amusing to those who like music-hall turns, a Hawaiian dance being quite funny, but during some of the other acts the humour is so grotesque as to make one feel quite uncomfortable." Kine Weekly wrote: "Rowdy, good-humonured musical comedy burlesque covering the hectic misadventures of four crazy ex-privates in Civvy Street. There is not much of a plot, but the principal comedians make a lively and versatile team, the well-timed music and dance-hall sequences are bright, the climax carries a kick and the technical presentation is above reproach.  ... True, the mixture of slapstick, song and music-hall is occasionally rough and ready, but enthusiastic teamwork and first class technical presentation, nevertheless, permit the whole to merge into good-hearted, entertainment-filled comedy burlesque." TV Guide called it an "Occasionally okay slapstick comedy." ==References==