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The Pride of the Force
Directed byNorman Lee
Written by
Produced byNorman Lee
Starring
CinematographyClaude Friese-Greene
Edited byEdward B. Jarvis
Music byIdris Lewis
Production
company
Distributed byWardour Films
Release date
  • August 1933 (1933-08)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Pride of the Force is a 1933 British comedy film directed and co-written by Norman Lee and starring Leslie Fuller, Patrick Aherne, Faith Bennett and Hal Gordon.[1] The plot concerns a farmworker who inadvertently becomes the pride of the Metropolitan Police force.

Produced by British International Pictures as part of a series of vehicles for the music hall star Leslie Fuller, it was shot at the company's Elstree Studios.[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director John Mead. It was trade shown in August 1933 but didn't go on full release until March 1934.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BFI.org
  2. ^ Wood p.79

Bibliography

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  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
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