| 词条 | The Black Sheep of Whitehall |
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| name = The Black Sheep of Whitehall | image = The_Black_Sheep_of_Whitehall_UK_quad_poster.jpg | caption = Original British quad format film poster | director = Basil Dearden Will Hay | producer = Michael Balcon | writer = John Dighton Angus MacPhail | starring = Will Hay John Mills Basil Sydney Henry Hewitt Felix Aylmer | cinematography = Eric Cross Günther Krampf | editing = Ray Pitt | studio = Ealing Studios | distributor = United Artists {{small|(UK)}} | released = {{film date|df=y|1942|01|08|UK [1]}} | runtime = 80 min. [2] | country = United Kingdom | language = English }} The Black Sheep of Whitehall is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy war film, directed by Will Hay and Basil Dearden, and starring Will Hay, John Mills and Basil Sydney. It was produced by Michael Balcon and Ealing Studios. PlotWhen he is forced to vacate the office of his debt-ridden correspondence college, 'Professor' Will Davis (Will Hay) goes to the Ministry of International Commerce at Whitehall in order to confront his one-and-only student, PR man Bobby Jessop (John Mills). To get Davis off his back, Jessop proposes to get him a job at Whitehall. Jessop then leaves in order to fetch a Professor Davys at the railway station. The professor is a leading economist who has returned from a long stay in South America in order to advise the British government on a trade treaty with the South American nations, which could be crucial to Britain's war effort. The clueless Davis is mistaken for the expert and gets involved in a series of interviews, giving answers based on gambling, con jobs, double entendres or just plain ignorance. These scenes are very funny and are made more so by the reactions of an increasingly incredulous Joss Ambler as government minister 'Sir John'. Jessop later returns with 'Professor Davys' and the confusion is sorted out, though it has left the BBC interviewers in a state of mental collapse. Jessop then discovers that the man he brought with him is in fact Crabtree (Felix Aylmer), a member of a group of fifth columnists working for Nazi Germany. Jessop promises Davis a job if he will help him track down the real Professor Davys (Henry Hewitt), who is being held in a safe house by Crabtree's associates. Assuming a number of disguises, Davis and Jessop set off to foil the plot before the treaty is compromised. Main cast{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
ReceptionHaving been cleared by the British censors on 27 October 1941,[1] the film premiered at the Regal Cinema by Marble Arch in London on 8 January 1942.[2] The reviewer for The Times wrote that "Any story which gives Mr. Will Hay the chance to be himself is good enough, and ... 'The Black Sheep of Whitehall' manages for long stretches at a time to step out of the way of its own complicated plot and leave Mr. Hay to his own devices." [3] NotesHay and Mills had worked before, most notably on Those Were the Days (1933). This was the first film of three where Basil Dearden and Will Hay shared the directional credit, the other two being The Goose Steps Out (1942) and My Learned Friend (1943). Hays never directed again after that.[4] Real broadcaster Leslie Mitchell is in the film driven to a nervous breakdown while interviewing Hay's character. Mitchell was the first commentator for the new BBC Television Service when it began transmissions on 2 November 1936. He also provided the commentary for Movietone News. References1. ^1 BBFC: Black Sheep of Whitehall (1941) Linked 2015-05-05 2. ^1 The Times, 8 January 1942, page 6: Picture Theatres: Regal – The Black Sheep of Whitehall Linked 2015-05-05 3. ^The Times, 12 January 1942, page 8: New Films in London - Regal Linked 2015-05-05 4. ^[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370547/#director IMDb: Will Hay - Director (3 credits)] Linked 2015-05-05 External links
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