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Crackerjack

Crackerjack

  • Status: Released
  • 01-10-1938
  • Runtime: 76 min
  • Score: 5.9
  • Vote count: 5

London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad guys start framing him for their misdeeds, the hero has to catch the criminals and clear his name.

Tom Walls

Jack Drake

Lilli Palmer

Baroness Von Haltz

Noel Madison

Sculpie

Leon M. Lion

Hambro Golding

Edmund Breon

Tony Davenport

Jack Lester

Boyne

Charles Heslop

Burdge

H.G. Stoker

Supt. Benting

Henry B. Longhurst

Insp. Lunt

Ethel Griffies

Annie

Edmund D'Alby

Lug

Muriel George

Mrs. Humbold

Andreas Malandrinos

Ducet

Fewlass Llewellyn

Weller

Hal Walters

Smithy

Burton Pierce

Dancer

Hugh Dempster

Wally Astell

Cyril Chamberlain

Bit Role

Pam Downing

Girl Sliding Down Banister

Michael Shepley

Wally Astill

CinemaSerf

This is quite an enjoyable "Raffles" style crime caper with Tom Walls as "Jack Drake" - a debonaire, sophisticated English gentleman who also happens to be a safe-cracking jewel thief who gives much of the proceeds of his antics to hospitals, children and other worthy causes. When someone else adopts his "Crackerjack" moniker to carry out some ingenious crimes of their own, he sets out to identify this fraudster - without giving away his own true identity. It's a bit of a farce, the humour is just a bit too predictable, but Lilli Palmer is quite good as the "Baroness" as is H.G. Stoker as the pursuing police superintendent "Benting". The script is fast paced, the direction - and nightclub musical numbers - keep it moving along well and there are just about enough red herrings to keep it interesting for an hour.

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