• Convict 99
  '''''Convict 99''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Marcel Varnel]] and starring [[Will Hay]], [[Moore Mar ...ly arrived from [[Australia]] who is applying for the vacancy at Blackdown Prison in [[Devon]]. On the way to what Twist believes is the school, he becomes d
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• Me and My Pal (1939 film)
  ...trick them into an insurance swindle that ends up with them being sent to prison. ...eature film made by Willis who had also appeared with Kirkwood in the 1938 comedy film ''[[Save a Little Sunshine]]''. It was made at [[Welwyn Studios]].
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• The Pot Carriers
  ...hive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517123738/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75ab37a3|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2019|title=The * [[Campbell Singer]] as Prison Officer Mott
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• The Cracksman
  '''''The Cracksman''''' is a 1963 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Peter Graham Scott]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web ...ng a safe, for which he receives a three-year jail sentence. On arrival in prison, he has a reputation as a master thief. Upon his release, he finds himself
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• Nothing Barred
  '''''Nothing Barred''''' is a 1961 British black and white [[comedy film]] directed by [[Darcy Conyers]] and starring [[Brian Rix]], [[Leo Fran ...t Wilfred Sapling (Brian Rix), a plumber who has been doing repairs in the prison. Their conversation to get the man to steal a painting is at cross purposes
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• Two-Way Stretch
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...f> However, their plans are disrupted by the arrival of a strict new Chief Prison Officer.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/k6ppp/two-way-st
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• In the Nick
  | studio = [[Warwick Films]] ...</ref> A gang of incompetent criminals are placed in a special type of new prison.
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• Dr Benjamin Twist
  ...enjamin Twist''' is a recurring fictional character who appears in several films featuring comedian [[Will Hay]], who portrays the character in all mediums. ...he (fictional) '''St. Michael's School''', which forms the backdrop of the films he appears in. Twist's typical appearance was with a [[w:Square academic ca
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• Gasbags
  | starring = {{ubl|[[Crazy Gang (comedy group)|The Crazy Gang]]|[[Moore Mariott]]|[[Carl Jaffe]]}} ...] as well as [[Moore Marriott]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6aad71e8|title=Gasbags (1941)}}</ref> The film was a morale-
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• Joey Boy (film)
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] (UK) '''''Joey Boy''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[war film]] directed by [[Frank Launder]] and starring [[Harry H. Corbet
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• Up in the World
  '''''Up in the World''''' is a 1956 black and white [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]], ...e longest sentence he becomes the boss of the group of prisoners. Cleaning prison windows on a long ladder he accidentally escapes.
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• Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher
  '''''Decline and Fall... of a Birdwatcher''''' is a 1968 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[John Krish]] and starring [[Robin Phillips]], [[Genevi * [[Donald Sinden]] as Prison Governor
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• The Big Job (film)
  ...ttps://www.comedy.co.uk/film/the_big_job/ |title=The Big Job |work=British Comedy Guide |access-date=10 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://nostalgi ...rmat. The film was photographed in black and white, while the ''Carry On'' films from the mid 1960s were in colour.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt005896
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• Porridge (film)
  | studio = Black Lion Films<br>Witzend Productions | distributor = [[ITC Entertainment|ITC Films]]
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• Dentist on the Job
  {{Short description|1961 British comedy film}} ...or, Barker and Hawtrey had all previously acted together in unrelated 1958 comedy ''[[Carry On Sergeant]]''.
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• Rotten to the Core (film)
  '''''Rotten to the Core''''' is a 1965 black and white British comedy film directed by [[John Boulting]], and co-written and produced by his brot ...nd she plays the main female lead.<ref name="VarietyCore" /> The principal comedy sections are supplied by [[Eric Sykes]] in various guises as an undercover
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• Old Mother Riley's New Venture
  ...).<ref name="google1">{{cite book |isbn=978-0810835344|title=Eccentrics of Comedy |last1=Slide |first1=Anthony |year=1998 }}</ref> * [[Grace Arnold]] as Prison Governor
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• Law and Disorder (1958 film)
  ...= A Paul Soskin Production<br>[[British Lion Film Corporation|British Lion Films Limited]] '''''Law and Disorder''''' is a 1958 British [[crime comedy film]] directed by [[Charles Crichton]] and starring [[Michael Redgrave]],
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• Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)
  '''''Boys Will Be Boys''''' is a 1935 [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[William Beaudine]] which stars [[Will Hay]], [[Gordon ...victed of writing [[Forgery|forged]] [[cheques]] and has just been sent to prison. Smart appeals to the Governor to write him a good reference which he prete
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• The Naked Truth (1957 film)
  ...]] and [[Joan Sims]] also appear.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b13878b|title=The Naked Truth (1957)|publisher=www.bfi.org. ...reveal all at his trial, Mayley comes up with a scheme to break him out of prison and send him to South America, with the help of hundreds of his other victi
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