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The Dummy Talks

  • 1943
  • 1h 25m
ÉVALUATION IMDb
5,1/10
136
MA NOTE
The Dummy Talks (1943)
CriminalitéDrame

Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueA ventriloquist is murdered, leaving a show to be done. So, a midget goes undercover as the dummy. But, he always needs to find the criminal!A ventriloquist is murdered, leaving a show to be done. So, a midget goes undercover as the dummy. But, he always needs to find the criminal!A ventriloquist is murdered, leaving a show to be done. So, a midget goes undercover as the dummy. But, he always needs to find the criminal!

  • Director
    • Oswald Mitchell
  • Writers
    • Michael Barringer
    • Jack Clifford
    • Con West
  • Stars
    • Jack Warner
    • Claude Hulbert
    • G.H. Mulcaster
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  • ÉVALUATION IMDb
    5,1/10
    136
    MA NOTE
    • Director
      • Oswald Mitchell
    • Writers
      • Michael Barringer
      • Jack Clifford
      • Con West
    • Stars
      • Jack Warner
      • Claude Hulbert
      • G.H. Mulcaster
    • 9Commentaires d'utilisateurs
    • 1Commentaire de critique
  • Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro
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    Rôles principaux30

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    Jack Warner
    Jack Warner
    • Jack
    Claude Hulbert
    Claude Hulbert
    • Victor Harbord
    G.H. Mulcaster
    • Piers Harriman
    Beryl Orde
    • Beryl
    Ivy Benson
    • Self - Orchestra Leader
    • (as Ivy Benson's All Ladies Orchestra)
    John Carol
    • Jimmy Royce
    Evelyn Darvell
    • Peggy Royce
    Max Earle
    • Yates
    • (as Max Earl)
    Gordon Edwards
    • Marcus
    Manning Whiley
    Manning Whiley
    • Russell Warren
    Charles Carson
    Charles Carson
    • Marvello
    Hy Hazell
    Hy Hazell
    • Maya
    • (as Derna Hazell)
    Sylvester & Nephew
    • Themselves, Specialty Act
    Tommy Manley
    • Self
    Florence Austin
    • Self
    Skating Avalons
    • Themselves, Specialty Act
    The Lai Founs
    • Themselves, Specialty Act
    Leslie Bradley
    Leslie Bradley
      • Director
        • Oswald Mitchell
      • Writers
        • Michael Barringer
        • Jack Clifford
        • Con West
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      5boblipton

      Backstage Murder

      If you're looking for a hodge-podge of a backstage murder and a series of variety acts that might make up a British music hall revue, then this movie might be up your alley. Claude Hulbert (brother of the better-known Jack) silly-asses his way through a plot involving forged bank notes and finding out who murdered Manning Whiley. He also pines for and pursues Derna Hazel. This is a movie that tries to strike a balance between comedy and thrills. It does not, alas, come off very well, particularly compared to the trans-Atlantic LADY OF BURLESQUE from the same year.

      Part of the problem is that for a variety show, the revue lacks variety. There are lots of acrobats and novelty skating acts, and one or two musical numbers, but they are an oddly assorted lot. Beryl Orde, a well-known comic impressionist of the era does some of her impressions, but they are obscure. Of more interest is Jack Warner. If you're more used to thinking of him as the world's oldest police constable from a couple of decades as Dixon of Green Docks, you'll find him very odd here as a man who reads silly letters from his brother and sings nonsense songs. He's an amusing, solid, believable presence and his later success seems quite likely given this fine screen debut.
      5richardchatten

      The Face at the Window

      An escapist wartime revue film masquerading as a murder mystery historically notable as the big screen debut of Jack ('Blue Pencil') Warner when he was famous as a radio comedian.

      Enlivened as usual by it's bit players, most of them uncredited, such as a statuesque young Hy Hazel when she answered to the name of Derna, and Ian Wilson and Olive Sloane, both of whom appeared memorably for the Boulting Brothers after the war in 'Seven Days to Noon'.
      7lucyrf

      The Great Days of Music Hall

      Lasted a bit too long, on this showing. Even the orchestra is beautiful - the deeply unhip Ivy Benson band. What a waste of talent!

      Jack Warner was making the move from music hall and radio comedy to acting. As the great Nancy Banks Smith once said, if you can play comedy, you can play anything.

      Beryl Orde is also appealing, but it's not always clear who she is taking off. Her act is embarrassing - but so are most of the others.

      Cecil Hulbert is irritating as an upper-class twit, and the music hall performers spend their time backstage in palatial dressing rooms larger than a studio flat.

      And yes, there's always something creepy about a ventriloquist's dummy.
      7malcolmgsw

      Backstage musical

      This is a typical backstage musical of the 1940s.However i think that it is of greater interest because of the fact that it features virtually all the main acts shown on the Bill at the beginning of the film.So we start with the Chinese acrobats,work our way through the adagio to the Ivy Benson Band and to Jack Warner.So if you are interested in British music hall of this period then this film is most definitely for you.Having said that you will have to go out of your way to find it.Your best bet being ebay.The plot is one of the typical murder mysteries and is little interest other than the humour extracted out of it by Claude Hulbert.
      5pensman

      Voy dody oh not a mystery

      The film is more of a vehicle featuring British Music Hall talent then it is murder mystery. I'm shocked that someone hasn't done the same for America's got Talent: AGT, A Talent for Murder.

      The Dummy Talks may make you consider if the title refers to the "little person" AKA the substitute ventriloquist dummy or Victor Harbord (Claude Hulbert, the ersatz detective. I am going for the later.

      Watching the popular stage acts of the time is the best part of this film which makes it a bit of a documentary. Watching the Five Lai Founs spin plates on a stick took me back to my youth in the 1950s when the spinning plate toy was all the rage, second to the Hula Hoop. There are some great popular acts of the period featured including some very watchable acrobats, both serious and comedic.

      The plot is pretty standard, ventriloquist star and overall cad Manning Whiley is murdered, and there are a plethora of suspects. After some entertainment from the acts and the bumbling Claude Hulbert, the major suspects are assembled to hear the evidence and most important-to hear the dummy J'Accuse.

      Think of this film as more of a Music Hall/Vaudeville piece of history and you will be pleased.

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        Film debut of Jack Warner.
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      • Bandes originales
        The World Belongs To Me
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      Détails

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      • Date de sortie
        • 25 octobre 1943 (United Kingdom)
      • Pays d’origine
        • United Kingdom
      • Langue
        • English
      • Aussi connu sous le nom de
        • Le mannequin a parlé
      • Lieux de tournage
        • National Studios, Elstree, Hertfordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni(Studio)
      • société de production
        • British National Films
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      • Durée
        • 1h 25m(85 min)
      • Couleur
        • Black and White
      • Rapport de forme
        • 1.37 : 1

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