Danny Boy

Although Wilfrid Lawson (inevitably first seen pouring himself a drink) is top-billed as a cigar-chomping agent dressed like a bookie in loud checks and a fur collar, the lead actually goes to John Warwick in this remake by Oswald Mitchell of his own directorial debut of 1934 made by Butcher's at Ealing and updated to London during the Blitz.

It never leaves the studio but passes the time satisfactorily enough. An interesting cast includes a brunette Anne Todd as the boy's mother, and a sympathetic supporting role for David Farrar. (One notable period detail in the early scenes is a little mixed-race kid called 'Sambo'.)