Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
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Cast
- Brian RixDickie 'Dreadnought' Marchant
- William HartnellWalter 'Wally' Burton
- Tommy CooperHorace Hawkins
- Vera DayCynthia Tripp
- Sidney JamesSammy Gatt
- Tony WrightPercy Gibbons
- Leo FranklynRev. Sydney Mullet
- John RobinsonArchdeacon Pomphret
- Renée HoustonMildred Pomphret
- Arthur MullardTubby
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- George PollockDirector
- John Paddy CarstairsScreenplay
- Stanley PaveyDirector of Photography
- Philip GreenOriginal Music Composer
- Lito CarruthersEditor
- William J. GellProducer
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