Joey Boy
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Featuring a legendary comedy line-up, Joey Boy charts the wartime misadventures of a gang of London spivs who decide that a tour of duty with the Army is preferable
to another stint at His Majesty's pleasure. Directed and co-written by Frank Launder and co-produced by his long-term St Trinians collaborators
Sidney and Leslie Gilliat, Joey Boy is presented in a brand-new transfer from original film elements.
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling
club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow
reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best
of it...
Cast In Alphabetical Order
Anna Gilchrist as Rebecca Stacey
Basil Dignam as General
Bill Fraser as Sgt. Maj. Dobbs
Bill Shine as Ticket collector
Cyril Chamberlain as Lt. James Ridley
Derek Nimmo as Lt. Hope
Edward Chapman as Tom Hobson
Eric Pohlmann as Antonio the Italian farmer
Harry H. Corbett as Joey Boy Thompson
John Arnatt as Brig. Charles Chapman
John Phillips as Insp. Morgan
Lance Percival as Clarence Doubleday
Lloyd Lamble as Sir John Averycorn
Maureen Crombie as Katie
Moira Lister as Lady Thameridge
Norman Rossington as Royal Army corporal
Percy Herbert as Mad George Long
Reg Varney as Rabbit Malone
Stanley Baxter as Benny 'The Kid' Lindowski
Thorley Walters as Col. Grant
Toni Palmer as Anna
Veronica Strong as Bella Thompson
Vicki Woolf as Gina
Wanda Ventham as Italian girl
Crew
Produced by Leslie Gilliat
Directed by Frank Launder
Screenplay by Frank Launder & Mike Watts
Original novel by Eddie Chapman
Running Time 88 minutes.
Released March 1965
