British Comedy Guide

Smart Alec starring Charles Hawtrey

A couple of weeks ago I came across an interesting & amusing 1951 "B" film called Smart Alec (although listed as "The Smart Aleck" on IMDB) on Talking Pictures (Virgin 445; Freeview HD 81; Sky 343; Freesat 306; Youview 81 or so they claim! :S ).

It stars a young Charles Hawtrey in an unusual role as a detective sergeant, Leslie Dwyer (aka Mr Partridge) and both Kynaston Reeves and Edward Lexy, who went on to play Mr Quelch & Mr Prout respectively to Gerald Campion's Billy Bunter.

It is being shown again at 9.15 am next Saturday 15 July. Catch it if you can.

... and is being re-shown tomorrow (Weds 8 November) at 10.10 am.

Thanks for that BB, but fear I cannot get Virgin 445 - will check later.

Don't accidentally watch the wrong one of the same title and year: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Alec_(1951_film)

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