I Didn't Do It
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I Didn't Do It is a 1945 British
comedy
crime film
directed by Marcel Varnel
and starring George Formby
, Dennis Wyndham
and Carl Jaffe
. An actor staying at a theatrical boarding house
is framed for a murder.
This film is cometimes wrongly referred to as a whodunnit. It is not one as viewers witness the murder scene and know at the time who the real murderer is.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
crime film
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel
Marcel Varnel was a film director. He was born Marcel Hyacinthe le Bozec in Paris, France.Varnel started his working life on the Paris stage but soon became a director of musical comedies. In 1925 he moved to New York working as director in several Broadway operettas, musicals and dramas for the...
and starring George Formby
George Formby
George Formby, OBE , born George Hoy Booth, was a British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, accompanying himself on the banjo ukulele or banjolele...
, Dennis Wyndham
Dennis Wyndham
Dennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....
and Carl Jaffe
Carl Jaffe
Carl Jaffe was a German Jewish actor. Jaffe trained on the stage in his native Hamburg, Kassel and Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin, where his career took off....
. An actor staying at a theatrical boarding house
Boarding house
A boarding house, is a house in which lodgers rent one or more rooms for one or more nights, and sometimes for extended periods of weeks, months and years. The common parts of the house are maintained, and some services, such as laundry and cleaning, may be supplied. They normally provide "bed...
is framed for a murder.
This film is cometimes wrongly referred to as a whodunnit. It is not one as viewers witness the murder scene and know at the time who the real murderer is.
Cast
- George FormbyGeorge FormbyGeorge Formby, OBE , born George Hoy Booth, was a British comedy actor, singer-songwriter, and comedian. He sang light, comical songs, accompanying himself on the banjo ukulele or banjolele...
- George Trotter - Billy Caryll - Tiger Tubbs
- Hilda Mundy - Ma Tubbs
- Gaston Palmer - Le Grand Gaston
- Jack Daley - Terry O'Rourke
- Carl JaffeCarl JaffeCarl Jaffe was a German Jewish actor. Jaffe trained on the stage in his native Hamburg, Kassel and Wiesbaden before moving to Berlin, where his career took off....
- Hilary Vance - Marjorie BrowneMarjorie BrowneMarjorie Browne was a British actor.-Filmography:* Lassie from Lancashire * Laugh It Off * I Didn't Do It -External links:...
- Betty Dickinson - Wally PatchWally PatchWally Patch was a British character actor, who had supporting roles in many films. He was born Walter Sidney Vinnicombe in Willesden, London on 26 September 1888...
- Sergeant Carp - Ian FlemingIan Fleming (actor)Ian Fleming was an Australian born character actor with credits in over 100 British movies.He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes...
- Chief Inspector Twyning - Vincent Holman - Erasmus Montague
- Dennis WyndhamDennis WyndhamDennis Wyndham was a South African film actor. He appeared in 47 films between 1920 and 1956. He was born in Natal, South Africa....
- Tom Driscoll - Jack RaineJack RaineJack Raine was a British television and film actor. He was married to actress and musician Binnie Hale.-Selected filmography:* Night Birds * The Middle Watch * Fires of Fate * The House of Trent...
- J.B Cato - Georgina CooksonGeorgina CooksonAntoinette Georgina Cookson was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011.-Family:...
- Willow Thane - Merle TottenhamMerle Tottenham-Selected filmography:*Down Our Street * Cavalcade * The Night Club Queen * Man in the Mirror * Night Must Fall * Bank Holiday * Dead Men Are Dangerous * Headline...
- Tessie - Gordon McLeodGordon McLeod (actor)Gordon McLeod was an English actor, born Charles Gordon McLeod.His film appearances include Chance of a Lifetime and The Silent Passenger, but he is best known for his recurring appearance as the character Claud Eustace Teal in films such as The Saint Meets the Tiger.-Selected filmography:* A...
- Superintendent Belstock