The Balloon Goes Up
- 1942 film
Comedy duo Ethel Revnell and Gracie West masquerade as WAAFs on a balloon site and help the authorities capture a group of spies. Also features Ronald Shiner, Donald Peers, Gordon MacLeod, Masemore Morris, Elsie Wagstaffe and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1942
- Stars
- Ronald Shiner, Donald Peers, Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Gordon MacLeod, Masemore Morris, Elsie Wagstaffe, Esme Lewis and Miles Silverton
- Writer
- Val Valentine
- Director
- Redd Davis
- Company
Rousing musical comedy starring double act Ethel and Gracie.
Discovering that the objects of their affections, a couple of cheeky servicemen, are only interested in WAAFs, the somewhat immature duo decide to sign up and win the men over.
However, the women discover that their medicals and other checks cannot be completed soon enough to get them into service and on the nearby base in time for an impending party, so decide to dress up and masquerade as freshly arrived WAAFs from another base. Their disguise doesn't last long and the pair make their escape - but in doing so, come across a pair of German spies, and lead them right back to the base and into the hands of justice.
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Additional details
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 59 minutes
- Produced
- 1942
- Distributors
- Production
- Studio
- Picture
- Black and white
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Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Thursday 13th July 2023 at 9:30am on TPTV
- Thursday 16th February 2023 at 4:50am on TPTV
- Sunday 4th September 2022 at 7:00am on TPTV