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The Goose Steps Out (1942)

August 1, 1942 (GB) Comedy, War • 79m

Overview

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.

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Will Hay
Will Hay

William Potts / Muller

Frank Pettingell
Frank Pettingell

Professor Hoffman

Julien Mitchell
Julien Mitchell

General Von Glotz

John Boxer
John Boxer

British Pilot

Clifford Buckton
Clifford Buckton

MI5 Man (uncredited)

Arthur Denton
Arthur Denton

Detective Carter (uncredited)

Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Dwyer

German Soldier on Train

William Hartnell
William Hartnell

German Officer at Station

Bryan Herbert
Bryan Herbert

Airport Official

Vincent Holman
Vincent Holman

Member of the General Staff

Charles Paton
Charles Paton

Passenger Arrested on Train

Lloyd Pearson
Lloyd Pearson

Train Passenger

Johnnie Schofield
Johnnie Schofield

1st Observer (uncredited)

Harry Terry
Harry Terry

SS Guard (uncredited)

Jack Vyvyan
Jack Vyvyan

Detective Evans (uncredited)

H Victor Weske
H Victor Weske

SS Officer on Train (uncredited)

Crew


Reviews

CinemaSerf

⭐ 6/10

June 18, 2023

Will Hay delivers quite well in this wartime pick-me-up of a film. He is discovered to be the spitting image for a Nazi general who happens to be in charge of a prestigious Hitler Youth establishment. As you'd expect, his character "Potts" is the least like a general you can imagine, but soon he has been dispatched as a sort of doppelgänger and is causing the predictable havoc amongst the aspirational young men of the great Arian race. Hay always… read the rest.

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

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