''Front Line Kids'' is a 1942 British

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directed by

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and starring Leslie Fuller.Chibnall & McFarlane p.8 It was made at the

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in Hammersmith. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent hotel porter to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building.

Cast

* Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg * Leslie Fuller as Nobby Clarkson * John Singer as Ginger Smith * John Tacchi as Front Line Gang Member * Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue *

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as The Parson * George Pughe as Pinski * Anthony Holles as Hotelier *

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as Paul * Ben Williams as Porter *

Norman Pierce Norman Pierce (5 September 1900 – 22 March 1968) was a British actor. He was born in Southport, Lancashire. He died in Helions Bumpstead, Essex, England on 22 March 1968 at the age of 67. He played pub landlords and barmen in a number of ...

as P.C. Rozzer * Eric Clavering as Carl *

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as Mrs. Lowther * Nora Gordon as Evacuee organiser * Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang Member * Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang Member * Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang Member * Michael John as Front Line Gang Member * David Anthony as Front Line Gang Member * Norah Black * O. B. Clarence as 'Real' Clergyman *

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as Police Sergeant * Kay Lewis as Receptionist * Douglas Stewart as Hotel Guest

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1942 films British comedy films 1942 comedy films Films set in London Films directed by Maclean Rogers British black-and-white films Films scored by Percival Mackey 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub