Bless 'Em All (film)

Bless 'Em All is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Robert Jordan Hill and starring Hal Monty and Max Bygraves, the latter in his screen debut.[1] The film is about three men who meet when they are called up for the Second World War and fight together in the Battle of France.

Bless 'Em All
Directed byRobert Jordan Hill
Produced byArthur Dent
Written byAileen Burke
Leone Stewart
Arthur Dent
StarringHal Monty
Max Bygraves
Production
company
Robert Jordan Hill Productions (as Advance)
Distributed byAdelphi Films
Release date
  • July 1948 (1948-07)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It is on the British Film Institute's 75 Most Wanted list of lost films; only a two-and-a-half minute trailer was known to survive at the time.[1] However, a reader notified BFI that a cut-down version titled Be Kind Sergeant was being offered for sale on eBay.[2]

Cast

  • Hal Monty as Skimpy
  • Max Bygraves as Tommy
  • Sybil Amiel as Lisette
  • Les Ritchie as Sergeant Willis
  • Stan White as Corporal
  • Pat Linova as Val
  • Jack Milroy as Jock
  • Peter Williams as Army doctor

References

  1. "Bless 'Em All / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. Josephine Botting (4 April 2014). "BFI Most Wanted: our discoveries so far". British Film Institute. Retrieved 26 May 2014.


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