List of the best Will Hay movies: Oh, Mr. Porter!(1937), Ask a Policeman(1939), My Learned Friend(1943), The Ghost of St. Michael's(1941), The Goose Steps Out(1942), Hey! Hey! USA(1938), Convict 99(1938), Good Morning Boys(1937), Where There's a Will(1936), Boys Will Be Boys(1935), Old Bones of the River(1938), Windbag the Sailor(1936) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1937
85 Minutes
stationmaster loser sidekick gunrunner goon amusing witty unrestrained madcap ireland rural community train station gun running adventure comedy adventure pursuit 1930s
With the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners.
Comedy
UK
1939
82 Minutes
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Glennis Lorimer Peter Gawthorne Charles Oliver
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.
Comedy
UK
1943
74 Minutes
Director
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Mervyn Johns Laurence Hanray Aubrey Mallalieu Charles Victor Derna Hazell Leslie Harcourt
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1941
82 Minutes
Will Hay Claude Hulbert Charles Hawtrey Raymond Huntley Felix Aylmer Elliott Mason John Laurie Hay Petrie Roddy Hughes Manning Whiley Derek Blomfield
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A hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1942
79 Minutes
Director
Will Hay Frank Pettingell Julien Mitchell Raymond Lovell Charles Hawtrey Barry Morse Peter Croft Anne Firth Aubrey Mallalieu Peter Ustinov
british man teacher spy nazi adolf hitler hitler youth suspenseful thrilling disturbing disheartening intense profound united kingdom nazi germany school spying nazis world war ii secret weapon adventure
A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
Comedy
UK
1938
92 Minutes
Will Hay Edgar Kennedy David Burns Edmon Ryan Fred Duprez Paddy Reynolds Tommy Bupp Arthur Goullet Gibb McLaughlin Eddie Pola
Dr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster... See full summary »
Comedy
1938
91 Minutes
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Googie Withers Peter Gawthorne Basil Radford Dennis Wyndham Wilfred Walter Alf Goddard Garry Marsh Basil McGrail
headmaster prisoner prison official airy amusing charming cheeky engaging lighthearted madcap prison school mistaken identity comedy adventure underdog 1930s
A British schoolteacher (Will Hay) becomes a prison warden and lets inmates run the place like a business.
Comedy
1937
78 Minutes
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Comedy
1936
80 Minutes
Benjamin Stubbins
Will Hay Peggy Simpson John Turnbull Davina Craig Norma Varden Gibb McLaughlin Gina Malo Hartley Power H.F. Maltby Sybil Brooke Hal Walters
thief american solicitor police captain airy amusing suspenseful thrilling charming law office united kingdom theft criminals christmas investigation adventure discovery pursuit quest rise
Comedy
1935
75 Minutes
Dr. Alec Smart
Will Hay Gordon Harker Jimmy Hanley Davy Burnaby Norma Varden Claude Dampier Charles Farrell Percy Walsh
headmaster deputy student delinquent ex-convict colleague amusing witty engaging spirited playful madcap england all-boys school humor teaching crime nepotism childish mischief sabotage
Comedy
1938
95 Minutes
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Robert Adams Jack Livesey Jack London F. Wyndham Goldie
A teacher (Will Hay) opening a school for native African tribes takes over for the commissioner and causes an uprising when he tries to collect taxes.
Comedy
1936
85 Minutes
Writer
Will Hay Moore Marriott Graham Moffatt Norma Varden Kenneth Warrington Dennis Wyndham Amy Veness
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A storytelling sea captain (Will Hay) commandeers a boat for an unscrupulous shipping agent looking to collect insurance money.