Partners in Crime (1942 film) - Wikipedia
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| Partners in Crime | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Written by | Sidney Gilliat Frank Launder |
| Starring | Irene Handl Robert Morley Charles Victor |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Edited by | Alfred Roome |
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| Distributed by | National Filrm Service |
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Running time | 9 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Partners in Crime is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed and written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder.[1][2] It was produced for the Ministry of Information by Gainsborough Pictures. It delivers a reprimand to housewives meddling in the black market.
A burglar breaks into a house, and subsequently sells the stolen goods to a fence in a pub. Mrs Wilson buys black market meat from her butcher, and this transaction is portrayed as a parallel to that between the burglar and fence. The fence is arrested and tried before a judge. After the closing titles of the film the judge breaks the fourth wall and sternly addresses a warning the audience, which includes Mrs Wilson.
This information is from the British Film Institute.[1] There are no cast credits in the film itself.
- Irene Handl as Mrs Wilson
- Robert Morley as judge
- Charles Victor
- Frederick Burtwell
Although unavailable on home media, it can be freely viewed in the UK at the British Film Institute's Mediatheque, or on their YouTube channel.[3]
- ^ a b "Partners in Crime". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ^ "Partners in Crime". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 9 (97): 77. 1 January 1942. ProQuest 1305803237.
- ^ "Mediatheque Films Around the UK". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
- Partners in Crime at IMDb
- Partners in Crime on the BFI YouTube channel