A council employee (George Formby) is asked to carry out a survey of the residents and their living conditions of a northern town for the local council. When the council don't like the results they cover it up. The employee, with the help of an eccentric inventor (Robertson Hare) expose the fraud.
This slapsticky and penultimate vehicle for Formby is far from the best as a Formby comedy, but its political messaging taps perfectly into post-war town planning and social changes taking place in the council officers throughout these early post-war years. The star is in decent form though and sings 'Got to Get Your Photo in the Press'.
This slapsticky and penultimate vehicle for Formby is far from the best as a Formby comedy, but its political messaging taps perfectly into post-war town planning and social changes taking place in the council officers throughout these early post-war years. The star is in decent form though and sings 'Got to Get Your Photo in the Press'.