Bless 'Em All (film)

Bless 'Em All is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Robert Jordan Hill and starring Hal Monty and Max Bygraves, the latter in his screen debut.[1]

Bless 'Em All
Directed byRobert Jordan Hill
Produced byArthur Dent
associatie
John Guillermin
Written byAileen Burke
Leone Stewart
Arthur Dent
StarringHal Monty
Max Bygraves
Production
company
Robert Jordan Hill Productions (as Advance)
Distributed byAdelphi Films
Release date
  • July 1948 (1948-07)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

John Guillermin worked on the film as an associate producer.[2]

Premise

The film is about three men who meet when they are called up for the Second World War and fight together in the Battle of France.

Cast
  • Hal Monty as Skimpy
  • Max Bygraves as Tommy
  • Jack Milroy as Jock

Production

It was the first of two Adelphi Films to star Hal Monty as Skimpy. It was also the debut of Max Bygraves.[3]

Reception

The film appears to have been reasonably popular.[3]

Preservation Status

It is on the British Film Institute's 75 Most Wanted list of lost films; only a two-and-a-half minute trailer was known to survive at the time.[1] However, a reader notified BFI that a cut-down version titled Be Kind Sergeant was being offered for sale on eBay.[4]

Cast
  • Hal Monty as Skimpy
  • Max Bygraves as Tommy
  • Sybil Amiel as Lisette
  • Les Ritchie as Sergeant Willis
  • Stan White as Corporal
  • Pat Linova as Val
  • Jack Milroy as Jock
  • Peter Williams as Army doctor

References
  1. "Bless 'Em All / BFI Most Wanted". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (17 November 2020). "John Guillermin: Action Man". Filmink.
  3. Pratt, Vic; Lees, Kate (2020). "CHAPTER 3 EARLY DAYS WITH ADELPHI FILMS". In Guillermin, Mary (ed.). John Guillermin: The Man, The Myth, The Movies. Precocity Press. pp. 28–30.
  4. Josephine Botting (4 April 2014). "BFI Most Wanted: our discoveries so far". British Film Institute. Retrieved 26 May 2014.


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