My Learned Friend is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, farce, directed by Basil Dearden with his regular collaborator, Will Hay, as the film's star in the role of William Fitch. The principal supporting roles were taken by Claude Hulbert and Mervyn Johns . Character roles went to Laurence Hanray as Sir Norman, Charles Victor as "Safety" Wilson, Ernest Thesiger as Ferris and Ronald Shiner as the Man in Wilson's café.[1] It was produced by Michael Balcon, Robert Hamer and Ealing Studios.
The film's title refers to a tradition in British law: when addressing either the court or the judge, a barrister refers to the opposing counsel using the respectful term, "my learned friend".
This was Will Hay's last film; Hay went on to star as "Doctor Muffin" in The Will Hay Programme that aired on the radio in 1944. The humour of My Learned Friend took a darker turn than any of Hay's earlier films.
Hawtrey in The Goose Steps Out (1942) and Hulbert in Hay's final film, MyLearnedFriend (1943). John Mills, who had appeared in Hay's first film, Those Were...
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a Communist. Mylearnedfriend has used the tactics of McCarthyism in an endeavour to smear him. I think, with respect, mylearnedfriend is allowing himself...
light-comedy touch of his double eye-glass on his companion's shoulder, 'mylearnedfriend will set me right: 'Since laws were made for every degree, To curb...
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roles in Miss London Ltd. (1943) with Askey, Thursday's Child (1943), MyLearnedFriend (1943) with Hay, The Butler's Dilemma (1943), and The Night Invader...
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Whitehall (1942). This was followed by The Goose Steps Out (1942) and MyLearnedFriend (1943), which was Hay's last movie. Dearden's first solo director...
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homicidal maniac Arthur Grimshaw in the black-and-white comedy farce MyLearnedFriend (1943), the proprietor Rhys in the drama film The Halfway House (1944)...
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(1904–2002) was a British film editor. The Girl Who Forgot (1940) MyLearnedFriend (1943) The Halfway House (1944) Champagne Charlie (1944) Dead of Night...