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Gay's the Word

  • TV Movie
  • 1952
  • 1h 45m
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Musical

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    • Jack Hulbert
    • Ivor Novello
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    • Jack Hulbert
    • Cicely Courtneidge
    • John Wynyard
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      • Jack Hulbert
      • Ivor Novello
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      • Jack Hulbert
      • Cicely Courtneidge
      • John Wynyard
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    Jack Hulbert
    Jack Hulbert
    • The Compere
    Cicely Courtneidge
    Cicely Courtneidge
    • Gay Daventry
    John Wynyard
    • Stage Doorkeeper
    Margot Bryant
    • Lucy
    Julia Shelley
    • Linda
    Prudence Nesbitt
    • Madame Nicolini
    Eunice Crowther
    • Birdie Wentworth
    Beryl Harrison
    • Margaret Fallowfield
    Maidie Andrews
    • Monica Stevens
    Molly Lumley
    • Miss Cheadle
    Carl Jaffe
    Carl Jaffe
    • Count Silvano
    Thorley Walters
    Thorley Walters
    • Peter Lynton
    Dennis Val Norton
    • Mr. Nespoulos
    • (as Val Norton)
    May Tomlin
    • Mrs. Parkes
    Emerton Court
    • Sir Claude Burton
    Denny Bettis
    Leonie Franklin
    Barbara Hawks
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      • Ivor Novello
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      June Laverick's debut.

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      • December 26, 1952 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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      • English
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      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
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      1 hour 45 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
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      • Mono
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      • 1.33 : 1

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