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Ask A Policeman (1939) Facts
| Director(s) | Marcel Varnel |
| Producer(s) | Edward Black |
| Featured Cast | Will Hay, Desmond Llewelyn, Brian Worth |
| Total Facts | 3 |
Film debut of Cyril Chamberlain.
Film debut of Brian Worth.
The first section of the film contains an in-joke about Will Hay's real-life career. In 1937 Hay's radio show was 'faded out' to make time for a broadcast by the Prime Minister. Hay was furious and vowed never to broadcast again. A popular outcry led by the Daily Express forced the BBC to apologise before Hay would go back on the air. When Dudfoot's broadcast ends the same way, he says "The BBC always fade out the best items", and when threatened with dismissal he says "If only we could get the Daily Express behind us..."