Convict 99 (1938) Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt & Googie Withers - British Prison Comedy

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  • Dr Benjamin Twist (Will Hay) accidentally becomes a prison governor, and subsequently lands on the wrong side of the prison bars.
    Join the Will Hay Appreciation Society at www.buggleskelly.co.uk
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Producer: Edward Black
    Writers: Cyril Campion, Jack Davis Jr, Marriott Edgar, Val Guest, Ralph Smart
    Will Hay - Dr Benjamin Twist
    Moore Marriott - Jerry the Mole
    Graham Moffatt - Albert
    Googie Withers - Lottie "the Baroness"
    Peter Gawthorne - Sir Cyril
    Basil Radford - Deputy Governor
    Dennis Wyndham - Head Warder
    Wilfred Walter - Max Slessor
    Alf Goddard - Sykes
    Basil McGrail - Bates
    Kathleen Harrison - Mable
    Roddy McDowall - Jimmy
    Teddy Brown - Slim Charlie
    Bertha Belmore - Tiara Lady
    George Merritt - Patrolman
    Roy Emerton - John Benjamin
    Leonard Sharp - Convict
    Garry Marsh - Johnson
    Production company: Gainsborough Pictures
    Public Domain Mark 1.0

КОМЕНТАРІ • 66

  • @axelusul
    @axelusul 2 роки тому +45

    15 of us watching old Will and his pals antics. Absolute gems

  • @edwardp.gannon9320
    @edwardp.gannon9320 2 місяці тому +9

    "Let's start from the beginning and get it right. Now, in 1897 you had a bath ..."

  • @moogdome2562
    @moogdome2562 2 роки тому +34

    I could watch these cozy funny films all day again and again. How many films today could you say the same. Brilliant. Will Hay was the best and most inspiring comic of all, many copied. Thank you for sharing. Laughed all the way through.

    • @drwhatson
      @drwhatson 9 місяців тому +4

      I like the ones with ghosts! LOL

    • @moogdome2562
      @moogdome2562 9 місяців тому +3

      @@drwhatson Me too. Where's that fire. Thanks.

    • @elvispresley3340
      @elvispresley3340 8 місяців тому +2

      HA - I am sure I have watched this and his other movies 100 times or more, and I still have a chuckle as I watch/listen to them - HA - CHEERS from AUSTRALIA.

  • @Chillmax
    @Chillmax 26 днів тому +4

    Thanks for the upload, loved these as a kid in the school holidays. The amazing Will resides in my family cemetery in Streatham Vale, I always used to marvel at it when we were sending off various relatives as a child, wafting by in a DS420 ;-).

  • @Nockalates
    @Nockalates 11 місяців тому +11

    A comedy trio is so rare. They are so good together the three of them.

  • @extradimensional8818
    @extradimensional8818 2 роки тому +38

    Not far from a hundred years old and still comedy movie magic..

  • @TheSmiler62
    @TheSmiler62 Рік тому +12

    Will Hay.....A Comedy Legend......Thanks for posting these Gems ;)

  • @willbreckinridge8010
    @willbreckinridge8010 Рік тому +26

    This is actual comedy. No politics, prejudice, or anything today's films are riddled with. Thanks to you Tom for giving us these wonderful movies from perhaps a flawed time, but a better time :)

    • @thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882
      @thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882 Рік тому +3

      Couldn’t have put it better, and while I’m here…

    •  10 місяців тому +6

      plus it was all white cast , great old days , no need for diversity

  • @stewartshreenan8256
    @stewartshreenan8256 Рік тому +19

    My dad thought Will Hay was great. So do I. I'm his daughter. We laughed and laughed. Great stuff. Thanks again. 😅

  • @michellefalleur960
    @michellefalleur960 Рік тому +10

    This is so funny, Will H. has the ability to (don't know how) keep a straight face, and also, to seem oblivious to what's going on, & the absolute humour of the situations, really don't know how he does it, xx Love it.

  • @jackcaven9614
    @jackcaven9614 Рік тому +18

    The first scene with him and the two boys was hilarious.... "guess what I've got... the sack!" And a very young Roddy McDowell, who was a natural talent even at that age! Thank you for uploading these, they are a real joy!

  • @kaibroeking9968
    @kaibroeking9968 Місяць тому +4

    45:00 "If you commence before you start, where do you begin?" That's why I love Will Hay.

  • @user-gs9oi1hq3x
    @user-gs9oi1hq3x 8 місяців тому +5

    Old comedy's are great, very funny.laughs all the way through.

  • @davidpiscopo3774
    @davidpiscopo3774 Рік тому +10

    "We have a thief in our midst". Great stuff!!

  • @markvincent9098
    @markvincent9098 Рік тому +16

    "The lease runs out in 1945" and no one knew what would happen in the interim. I love these movies.

    • @catherinefan32
      @catherinefan32 8 місяців тому +1

      right? That's kinda on point with war.

  • @drwhatson
    @drwhatson 9 місяців тому +6

    How I loved these 1930s films as a kid (on television I mean. I'm not quite that old!) - Old Mother Riley and George Formby too. If I remember correctly, they were shown every Sunday in the 1960s.
    *I grew up (if that's the word!) to have a fascination/obsession with the 1930s and now have a great collection of Art Deco pottery and various 1930s artifacts.

  • @cowru2day
    @cowru2day Рік тому +8

    excellent movie..very well done...loved it!

  • @Senna-xi1gr
    @Senna-xi1gr Рік тому +6

    Ya wasting ya time ! 🤣😆🇬🇧👍 Got their box set. Love them all. Legends

  • @user-xy2bc9ms2c
    @user-xy2bc9ms2c 7 днів тому +1

    I just love these old Will Hay movies! Every one of them is a true classic and I'm so thankful that I ran across them. Having Graham Moffatt and Googie Withers as his partners in each one was really a genius idea back then, what a great combination of comedy talent! lol I also love the one-liners that are thrown about the movies, a person has to pay attention .. everything about these old movies is just funny .. great entertainment .. thank you for sharing these and giving us a reason to laugh again! :^)

    • @user-xy2bc9ms2c
      @user-xy2bc9ms2c 7 днів тому

      .. Oops, I should have proof-read before hitting the button! I meant to include Moore Marriott in the trio, rather than Googie, but no matter .. funny, funny movies! Thanks again!! :^)

  • @macweed3358
    @macweed3358 2 роки тому +12

    How has this only got 3000 views

  • @richardswiderski4985
    @richardswiderski4985 2 роки тому +12

    Watching a bit late but really enjoying it.

  • @MrLacking
    @MrLacking 4 дні тому +1

    Are there any people from the 90s who love watching will hay. Feel like am the only one from my generation.

    • @BuggleskellyStation
      @BuggleskellyStation  3 дні тому

      @MrLacking I'm from 1988 if that's close enough? We've got 9500+ in the society and plenty our age too

  • @jonathangems
    @jonathangems 8 місяців тому +3

    Hilarious. Will Hay was wonderful. So sad the British film industry was eliminated.

  • @bigm186
    @bigm186 2 роки тому +7

    im sure i seen this before but its been so long its like looking at it for the first time again ,thanks

  • @tonyluxton3726
    @tonyluxton3726 Рік тому +8

    This should be shown in schools as part of film history

    • @terryhorne2582
      @terryhorne2582 Рік тому +2

      No chance, it would upset the little wokes, probably to much violence in it, it would get a trigger warning before being shown.

    • @michellefalleur960
      @michellefalleur960 Рік тому +1

      Everything's So pathetic today, they can't be real about anything

  • @colinbrigham8253
    @colinbrigham8253 Рік тому +5

    Thank you 😊

  • @philipinchina
    @philipinchina Рік тому +6

    Good fun.

  • @TheRealSimpsons1
    @TheRealSimpsons1 8 місяців тому +2

    The Goose steps out needs to be uploaded. Brilliant film.

    • @BuggleskellyStation
      @BuggleskellyStation  8 місяців тому

      Studio Canal own it so it can't be uploaded without being taken down by UA-cam.

    • @TheRealSimpsons1
      @TheRealSimpsons1 8 місяців тому

      @@BuggleskellyStation isn't it out of copyright by now?

  • @stewartshreenan8256
    @stewartshreenan8256 Рік тому +9

    Love love Will Hay.A great comedy actor. Used to rush home when I found out he was on TV. Haha Laughing already. Thanks for posting. What a genius. The three of them together. Haha 😂😊

    • @stewartshreenan8256
      @stewartshreenan8256 Рік тому +2

      Remember the Ghost Train. That was brilliant too. The windmill scene was a classic. You really believed in them. Just the best. 😂😊

    • @stewartshreenan8256
      @stewartshreenan8256 Рік тому +2

      Hey Hey USA. So funny. Another classic example of his genius
      I've got a few of his films. Wouldn't part with them. Will Hay. Just the best of the best. 🎉😅

    • @stewartshreenan8256
      @stewartshreenan8256 Рік тому +2

      Never seen this film before. What a treat. 😊😻

  • @richardhumphreys8662
    @richardhumphreys8662 Рік тому +4

    Interesting early screen appearance of Roddy MacDowall as Jimmy.

  • @Chillmax
    @Chillmax 26 днів тому +3

    Promise I didn't check, I know I just saw Roddy McDowell, one of the little boys. no wonder he and Liz Taylor got on so well, they were both in the biz since children until their departures, what a life!

  • @malcolmclements9254
    @malcolmclements9254 3 місяці тому +2

    £2 a week for a headmaster, they don't know they're born today.

  • @kathleens.4324
    @kathleens.4324 2 роки тому +4

    The (sort of) remake may have had Peter Sellers and Lionel Jeffries, but it certainly didn't have Dr. Benjamin Twist, Albert, and the legend that is Jerry the Mole. "If you commenced before you started, then where did you begin?" "THE BATHROOM!"

  • @winstonpoole9906
    @winstonpoole9906 Рік тому +4

    I started working in1957 as an apprentice metal mechanic £2 for 45 hours 😢

  • @michellefalleur960
    @michellefalleur960 Рік тому +3

    ..." so you had a bath in 1897 "... !!

  • @jimwilson2139
    @jimwilson2139 Рік тому +7

    It. Is good to watch a will hay film in black and white

  • @user-lr1gi3ex8q
    @user-lr1gi3ex8q 18 днів тому

    they was great

  • @dachshund_gaming
    @dachshund_gaming Рік тому +1

    40:11 that right there is a genuine ‘ello guvnah.

  • @andreelindo9928
    @andreelindo9928 2 роки тому +7

    Classic lol

  • @georgecurtis5371
    @georgecurtis5371 Рік тому +6

    Can you upload the black sheep of Whitehall please Tom

  • @jonny-d5v
    @jonny-d5v Місяць тому +1

    ~45:04: " . . . if you com-
    mence before you start,
    where do you begin?"
    `

  • @daveadam435
    @daveadam435 26 днів тому +2

    Roddy McDowell.......I think.

  • @countiblis1246
    @countiblis1246 Рік тому

    Googie Withers...Within these Walls part 1.

  • @keithjohnson7677
    @keithjohnson7677 Рік тому +1

    Not sure when it was made 2023 I think?😂

  • @djscoah8037
    @djscoah8037 Рік тому +12

    No LGBGT tosh, no race tosh
    Just good old fashioned British comedy
    Thank the Lord

    • @countiblis1246
      @countiblis1246 Рік тому +1

      No LGBGT tosh eh... 5:35 what do you call that then? 🤔

    • @djscoah8037
      @djscoah8037 Рік тому

      @@countiblis1246 you’ll have to enlighten me

    • @djscoah8037
      @djscoah8037 Рік тому

      Holding hands in a comedy film?
      Are you being a silly boy?

  • @fredflintstoner596
    @fredflintstoner596 Рік тому +3

    Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!"
    Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam."
    Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!"
    Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..."
    Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!"
    Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky."
    Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction."
    Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment ?"

  • @markcoutts7750
    @markcoutts7750 3 дні тому

    2024😃☮️🇨🇦