A Fire Has Been Arranged
1935 British film
- 1935 (1935)
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A Fire Has Been Arranged is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan and Alastair Sim.[1]
After a spell in prison three criminals return to recover their loot only to find the place where they have stashed it has been turned into a department store. They take jobs at the store in order to locate the whereabouts of their loot.[2] The three discover that the unscrupulous managers of the store, Shuffle and Cutte, are keen to be accomplices in their plot.
It was made at Twickenham Studios. The film ends with the song Where the Arches Used To Be.
Cast
- Chesney Allen as Ches
- Bud Flanagan as Bud
- Hal Walters as Hal
- Harold French as Toby
- Mary Lawson as Betty
- Alastair Sim as Cutte
- C. Denier Warren as Shuffle
- Robb Wilton as Oswald
- Vincent Holman as Ex-detective
- Jack Vyvian as Prison Warder
- The Buddy Bradley Rhythm Girls as Shop Girls
References
Bibliography
- Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929-1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000.
External links
- A Fire Has Been Arranged at IMDb
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The films of Leslie S. Hiscott
- The Marriage Business (1927)
- The Passing of Mr. Quin (1928)
- S.O.S. (1928)
- Ringing the Changes (1929)
- The Feather (1929)
- At the Villa Rose (1930)
- The House of the Arrow (1930)
- Call of the Sea (1930)
- The Sleeping Cardinal (1931)
- Alibi (1931)
- Brown Sugar (1931)
- A Night in Montmartre (1931)
- Black Coffee (1931)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- Murder at Covent Garden (1932)
- The Crooked Lady (1932)
- Once Bitten (1932)
- Double Dealing (1932)
- A Safe Proposition (1932)
- When London Sleeps (1932)
- A Tight Corner (1932)
- The Face at the Window (1932)
- The Iron Stair (1933)
- Yes, Madam (1933)
- The Melody-Maker (1933)
- That's My Wife (1933)
- Cleaning Up (1933)
- The Stickpin (1933)
- Great Stuff (1933)
- His Grace Gives Notice (1933)
- Strike It Rich (1933)
- Marooned (1933)
- The Stolen Necklace (1933)
- Out of the Past (1933)
- I'll Stick to You (1933)
- Flat Number Three (1934)
- Keep It Quiet (1934)
- The Man I Want (1934)
- Passing Shadows (1934)
- Gay Love (1934)
- Crazy People (1934)
- The Big Splash (1935)
- The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
- Annie, Leave the Room! (1935)
- Three Witnesses (1935)
- Inside the Room (1935)
- Department Store (1935)
- Death on the Set (1935)
- A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935)
- She Shall Have Music (1935)
- Fame (1936)
- The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936)
- Millions (1936)
- Fine Feathers (1937)
- Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940)
- The Seventh Survivor (1942)
- Sabotage at Sea (1942)
- Lady from Lisbon (1942)
- The Butler's Dilemma (1943)
- Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944)
- The Time of His Life (1955)
- Tons of Trouble (1956)
- Raising the Wind (1925)
- A Friend of Cupid (1925)
- A Fowl Proceeding (1925)
- Cats (1925)
- Billets (1925)
- Ship's Concert (1937)
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