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Bob's Your Uncle (film)

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Bob's Your Uncle
Still from the film
Directed byOswald Mitchell
Written byVera Allinson
Oswald Mitchell
Based onplay by Vera Allinson
Produced byF.W. Baker
StarringAlbert Modley
Jean Colin
George Bolton
Wally Patch
CinematographyStephen Dade
Music byPercival Mackey
Release date
  • 2 March 1942 (1942-03-02)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Bob's Your Uncle is a 1942 British comedy film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Albert Modley, Jean Colin, George Bolton, Wally Patch, and H.F. Maltby. It was written by Vera Allinson and Mitchell. It depicts the enthusiastic members of a Home Guard unit.[1]

Premise

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Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village.

Cast

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Production

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The film was shot at Welwyn Studios.

Critical reception

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Monthly Film Bulletin said "As the whole of this film is based on making fun of the Home Guard, those who believe in the Home Guard will get a good deal of fun out of it, but this point of view would scarcely be understood outside this country. The production is good of its sort and the acting, especially by Albert Modley as Albert Smith, well up to standard."[2]

In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Simple broad comedy, quite good of its kind."[3]

Allmovie wrote, "One can gauge the subtlety of Bob's Your Uncle by its character names: Dolly Diehard, Sgt. Brownfoot etc."[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Bob's Your Uncle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Bob's Your Uncle". Monthly Film Bulletin. 8 (85): 161. 1941 – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 194. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
  4. ^ "Bob's Your Uncle (1941) - Oswald Mitchell - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie".
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