• Old Mother Riley Detective
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• The Cracksman
  ...he is duped by a debonair con man into opening a car. He is caught by the police but given probation. Next, the same man fools him into breaking into a hous Portions of the film satirise the 1962 films ''[[Birdman of Alcatraz (film)|Birdman of Alcatraz]]'' and ''[[Dr. No (film
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• Rentadick
  | studio = [[Virgin Films]]<br>[[David Paradine|David Paradine Productions]] ...ick (1972) |work=BFI |accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> It is a spoof spy/detective picture, the plot of which involves attempts to protect a new experimental
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• Jack's the Boy
  ...is worth to his disapproving father (Peter Gawthorne), a [[Scotland Yard]] detective. * [[Arthur Rigby (actor)|Arthur Rigby]] as Police Constable
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• They Met in the Dark
  | studio =Excelsior Films ...is missing. The police threaten to charge Miss Verity with filing a false police report.
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• On the Beat (1962 film)
  ...ar cleaner, but dreams of becoming a policeman as his late father was. The police reject his request to join the force, but later recruit him to work underco As a reward, he is offered a permanent position in the police and marries his love, the ex-girlfriend of the man he brought to justice (w
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• Hue and Cry (film)
  | distributor = {{ubl|[[General Film Distributors|GFD]] (UK)|[[Eagle-Lion Films]] (US)}} ...missing. He then buys a copy so he can follow the adventures of fictional detective Selwyn Pike. While reading one part of the latest story, Joe finds the comi
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• Carry On Screaming!
  ...n Screaming'' is a parody of the [[Hammer Film Productions|Hammer]] horror films, which were also popular at the time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screen ...ham ([[Peter Butterworth]]), who in turn tells his superior, the henpecked Detective Sergeant Sidney Bung ([[Harry H. Corbett]]), who has been investigating sim
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• Who Done It? (1956 film)
  ...un-ins with the police. Disguising himself as a woman to further evade the police, Hugo is mistaken for the guest star on a TV programme: "Your Birthday Wish ...ped like a barrel) and are pursued by Hugo and Frankie in a car – plus the police chasing all. They end up on a [[stock car racing]] circuit which provides a
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• Josephine and Men
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] ...]] it was shot at [[Shepperton Studios]] and distributed by [[British Lion Films]].
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• Frank Forsyth
  ...umerous films including eight of the ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films. He died on 2 May 1984 in [[Poole]], England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww ...nnie]]'' (TV series - episode: "Walter and Connie Selling Books") (1963) - Police Sergeant (as Frank Forsythe)
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• Philip Stainton
  ...e postwar years he worked steadily in bit and featured parts in theatrical films; twice being directed by [[John Ford]] and once by [[John Huston]] when the * ''[[Don't Ever Leave Me]]'' (1949) - Detective Inspector
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• Bernard and the Genie
  ...device works. He starts hanging up the phone each time it rings, which the police interpret as a form of coded communication. Bernard is put in jail, and Jos ...he detective learns the ''Mona Lisa'' has been returned to the Louvre. The police apologize for the intrusion and leave.
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• Laughter in Paradise
  ...so surly and incompetent, is suspicious of her motives and hires a private detective, Roger Godfrey, to find out what she is up to. The handsome Roger falls in *[[Anthony Steel (actor)|Anthony Steel]] as Roger Godfrey, private detective hired by Gordon
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• The Lavender Hill Mob
  ...e web|date=2012-04-22|title=USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Vatican Best Films List|url=http://old.usccb.org/movies/vaticanfilms.shtml|access-date=2021-06 ...xported abroad, Holland gives false statements and misleading clues to the police, led by Inspector Farrow. The group soon toast to their success, despite Wo
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• Inspector Clouseau
  ...ss as if he is deliberately rehearsing a "soft shoe" shuffle. As a police detective, Clouseau also insists upon wearing elaborate disguises and aliases that ra ...inent mustache were derived from [[Hercule Poirot]], the fictional Belgian detective created by [[Agatha Christie]]. In his earliest appearances Clouseau is sli
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• Cyril Chamberlain
  ...arry On]]'', ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' and ''[[St. Trinian's]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carryon.org.uk/irregularly_c.htm|title=Carry ...ttps://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=cyril+chamberlain+carry+on+films&pg=PT242|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|
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• Two-Way Stretch
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...en the robbery occurred.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b946533|title=Two Way Stretch (1960)|publisher=}}</ref> How
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• Carry On Constable
  ...film, the fourth in the [[Carry On (film series)|series of 31 ''Carry On'' films]] (1958–1992). It was released in February 1960. Of the regular team, it A suburban police station is understaffed due to a flu epidemic, and Sergeant Wilkins, under
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• Derek Francis
  | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]] ...l=https://books.google.com/books?id=CVq5BAAAQBAJ&dq=derek+francis+carry+on+films&pg=PT215|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908548153|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|
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