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My Learned Friend is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, farce, directed by Basil Dearden with his regular collaborator, Will Hay, as the film's star in the role of William Fitch. The principal supporting roles were taken by Claude Hulbert and Mervyn Johns.
Feb 15, 2021 · Part 1 of the Will Hay classic My Learned Friend (1943), in which Hay stars as a disbarred lawyer who encounters a former client he failed to save from going to jail (a superb Mervyn Johns).
- February 15, 2021
- Paul Lamphrey
- 45 min
- 346
A lawyer (Will Hay) tries to escape from a killer (Claude Hulbert) who has a hit list of his former enemies. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, and more for this 1943 film.
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- Comedy, Thriller
- Basil Dearden, Will Hay
- 1943-10-25
Feb 15, 2021 · Part 2 of the Will Hay film My Learned Friend (1943), in which Hay plays a disbarred lawyer who encounters a former client he failed to prevent going to jail (a superb Mervyn Johns).
- February 15, 2021
- Paul Lamphrey
- 26 min
- 244
Nov 12, 2012 · A dark comedy about a lawyer who tries to stop a murderer from killing him and his partner. Will Hay plays a cynical shyster, while Mervyn Johns is a homicidal maniac with a sense of humour.
My Learned Friend 1943 1h 14m Comedy List Reviews 43% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings Two lawyers are always one step behind a murderer, until they stop his attempt to blow up the House of...
- Comedy
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end. This black comedy suggests that, had he lived, Will Hay might have moved on to the darker corners of Ealing comedies...
