George Formby is a police reservist and a would-be member of the flying squad - motorcycle cops dispatched at a moment's notice. He's sweet on Dorothy Hyson, but falls afoul in his inadvertent frustration of Warburton Gamble, head of a group of saboteurs who want to destroy a battleship before it goes down the ways.
George sings several songs, including "Ukulele Man", "On the Bet", and "ImWish I Was Back on the Farm", and takes part in some rather elaborate physical gags under the direction of the usually reliable John Oaddy Carstairs. It's certainly filled with good humor, and George's clueless doggedness persists until thing turn out right again, but the story stops dead for him to strum his ukulele. There's no doubting his charm as a performer, but I think that if they wanted a one-man show about him, it could have been trimmed slightly.
George sings several songs, including "Ukulele Man", "On the Bet", and "ImWish I Was Back on the Farm", and takes part in some rather elaborate physical gags under the direction of the usually reliable John Oaddy Carstairs. It's certainly filled with good humor, and George's clueless doggedness persists until thing turn out right again, but the story stops dead for him to strum his ukulele. There's no doubting his charm as a performer, but I think that if they wanted a one-man show about him, it could have been trimmed slightly.