The Black Sheep of Whitehall

The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Original British quad format film poster by Dudley Pout
Directed byBasil Dearden
Will Hay
Written byJohn Dighton
Angus MacPhail
Produced byMichael Balcon
S.C. Balcon (associate producer)[1]
StarringWill Hay
John Mills
Basil Sydney
Henry Hewitt
Felix Aylmer
Thora Hird
CinematographyEric Cross
Günther Krampf
Edited byRay Pitt
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists (UK)
Release date
  • 8 January 1942 (1942-01-08) (UK)
[2]
Running time
80 min.[3]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Black Sheep of Whitehall (the opening credits read Black Sheep of Whitehall) is a 1942 British black-and-white comedy war film, directed by Will Hay and Basil Dearden, starring Will Hay, John Mills, Basil Sydney and Thora Hird in her screen debut. It was produced by Michael Balcon and Ealing Studios.

  1. ^ "The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)". BFI Film Forever. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2019.
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