Old Bill and Son

Old Bill and Son
Directed byIan Dalrymple
Screenplay by
Based onstory Old Bill by Bruce Bairnsfather
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyGeorges Perinal
Edited byCharles Crichton
Music by
Production
company
Legeran Films
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 1 March 1941 (1941-03-01) (UK)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Old Bill and Son is a 1941 British black-and-white comedy war film directed by Ian Dalrymple. Centred on the First World War cartoon figure Old Bill and his escapades in the early Phoney War of World War II and with that character's creator Bruce Bairnsfather as one of its screenwriters, it stars Morland Graham, John Mills, Mary Clare and Ronald Shiner as Herbert 'Bert' Smith.[1] It is executive produced by Alexander Korda for Legeran Films.

  1. ^ "Old Bill & Son (1941)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 13 January 2009.