Movie Description
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
(1957)Overview
Thirty-five years after his premature death in 1968 Tony Hancock was voted Britain's best-ever comedy performer. Here's a chance to see what made him so special - the surviving episodes from Series 2 and Series 3 of Hancock's Half Hour, plus a Christmas special. Episodes include: "The Alpine Holiday", "Air Steward Hancock", "The Last Of The Many", "The Lawyer: The Crown vs Sidney James", "Competitions: How To Win Money And Influence People" and "There's An Airfield At The Bottom Of My Garden". The Christmas special is "Hancock's Forty-Three Minutes: The East Cheam Repertory Company".
Featured Crew
- Cast : Tony Hancock,Sidney James,Richard Wattis,Kenneth Williams,June Whitfield,John Vere,Peggy Ann Clifford,Dennis Chinnery,Liz Fraser,Rose Howlett,Clinton Ffrench,Manville Tarrant,Bill Fraser,Dave Freeman,Peter Allenby,Leslie Smith,Richard Statman,Stuart Hillier,Philip Carr,Cameron Hall,Johnny Vyvyan,James Bulloch,Alec Bregonzi,Harry Drew,Ann Marryott,Basil Beale,Evelyn Lund,Stella Kemball,Charles Julian,Con Courtney,George Crowther,Susan Cox,John Le Mesurier,Raymond Rollett,Arthur Mullard,Hugh Lloyd,Anthony Shirvell,Dick Emery,Campbell Singer,Mario Fabrizi,Bruce Wightman,Burt Kwouk,Gordon Phillott,Nancy Roberts,Paddi Edwards,Elizabeth Gott,Anne Reid,Claude Bonser,Brenda Duncan,Esther McPherson,Patrick Milner,Max Geldray,John Gregson,The Keynotes,Bert Allison,Alistair Audsley,Victor Bryant,Joyce Hemson,John Herrington,Colette O'Neil,Roger Ostime
Cast
Tony Aloysius Hancock
Sidney Balmoral James
Hotelier
East Dulwich Yodelling Champion
Miss Duboir
Passenger / Airline Official / Prosecuting Counsel / Mr. Pools / Vicar / Various
Air Hostess
Pilot
Autograph Hunter
Hotel Guest / Passenger
Passenger
Porter / Police Sergeant / Police Constable / Fireman / Guest
Inspector Collins / Police Sergeant
Police Constable
Customs Officer
Pilot / Magazine Man / Young Husband
Pilot
Pilot
Pilot / Magazine Man
Passenger / Colonel
Man in Customs Queue / Barrister’s Clerk / Newspaper Boy / Bassist
Passport Officer
Pilot on Plane / Court Official / ‘Tittle Tattle’ Man / Violinist
Passenger
Tannoy Girl / Policewoman
Constable / Assistant
Passenger / Violist
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Passenger
Lord Chief Justice Williams
Barrister
PC Trubshaw
Clerk of the Court / ‘Picture Parade’ Man
Jury Foreman / Magazine Man
Postman / Surveyor
Policeman
Waiter / Mario Fabrizi
Mr. Perkins
Japanese Man
Emily’s Husband
Emily
Young Wife
Guest
Secretary
Defendant / Henry
Mrs. Farley
Surveyor’s Wife
Swiss Gendarme / Court Usher /Guest
Himself
Himself
Themselves
Juryman (uncredited)
Juryman (uncredited)
Swiss Gendarme (uncredited)
Jurywoman (uncredited)
Juryman (uncredited)
Jurywoman (uncredited)
Police Constable (uncredited)
Recommendations
Under Suspicion
5.92
Wicked Little Letters
6.928
Young Woman and the Sea
7.856
Titanic
6.6
Man on the Moon
7.24
My Favorite Brunette
6.65
Saturday Night
6.701
Jay Kelly
6.149
Grand Prix
7.24
Battle of the Bulge
6.892
The Aviator
7.216
Stan & Ollie
6.944
Pelé: Birth of a Legend
7.337
The Iron Lady
6.36
Facts
Original TitleHancock's Half Hour: Volume 1
Status Released
Release Information
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1957-12-16
Original Language
Runtime 03h 31m












































