Alf's Button Afloat
1938 British film / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alf's Button Afloat is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a button on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp.[2] The film parodies the 1920 novel Alf's Button by W.A. Darlington and its subsequent film adaptations.[3]
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Directed by | Marcel Varnel |
Written by | Marriott Edgar Val Guest Ralph Smart |
Based on | W.A. Darlington's "famous farce" Alf's Button[1] |
Produced by | Edward Black |
Starring | Bud Flanagan Chesney Allen Jimmy Nervo Alastair Sim |
Cinematography | Arthur Crabtree |
Edited by | R. E. Dearing Alfred Roome |
Music by | Charles Williams |
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Distributed by | General Film Distributors Gaumont British Picture Corporation (presented by) |
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Running time | 89 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
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