The Black Sheep of Whitehall
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
Basil Dearden
Will Hay
Casts & Crew
Will Hay
John Mills
Basil Sydney
Felix Aylmer
Thora Hird
Henry Hewitt
Owen Reynolds
Frank Cellier
Joss Ambler
Frank Allenby
Margaret Halstan
Barbara Valerie
Leslie Mitchell
George Woodbridge
George Merritt
Aubrey Mallalieu
Diana Beaumont
John Boxer
Cyril Chamberlain
Richard George
Kenneth Griffith
Dorothy Hamilton
Roddy Hughes
Katie Johnson
Agnes Lauchlan
Brefni O'Rorke
Marjorie Rhodes
Ronald Shiner
Also Directed by Basil Dearden
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Also Directed by Will Hay
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