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continues a season of films celebrating the 60th anniversary of BBC Radio starring
Tommy Handley, Greta Gynt
When Mayor Handley decides to invest the town's rates in a theatre, the residents and councillors of 'Foaming at the Mouth' are decidedly apprehensive. Not without reason since Tommy has been 'sold a pup'. A desperate situation is saved only by one of the most chaotic theatrical benefits in showbusiness history and an unexpected windfall.
Handley and his team of regulars helped keep Britain going during the war and post-war years despite bombs, rationing and the like....
Screenplay by HOWARD IRVING YOUNG , TED KAVANAGH Produced by EDWARD BLACK Directed by WALTER FORDE

Contributors

Unknown:
Tommy Handley
Unknown:
Greta Gynt
Unknown:
Howard Irving Young
Unknown:
Ted Kavanagh
Produced By:
Edward Black
Directed By:
Walter Forde
Mayor Handley:
Tommy Handley
Stella Ferris:
Greta Gynt
Lefty/Funf:
Jack Train
Sam Scram:
Sidney Keith
Ali Oop/Cecil:
Horace Percival
Mrs Mop:
Dorothy Summers
Signor Soso:
Dino Calvani
Clarence:
Clarence Wright
Claude:
Leonard Sharp
C B Cato:
Claude Bailey
Daisy:
Vera Frances
Kitty:
Jean Kent

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