That's the Ticket
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| Directed by | Redd Davis |
| Written by | |
| Produced by | A.M. Salomon |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Basil Emmott |
| Edited by | Terence Fisher |
| Music by | Bretton Byrd |
Production company | Warner Brothers-First National Productions |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £17,306[1] |
| Box office | £10,865[1] |
That's the Ticket is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Redd Davis and starring Sid Field, Hal Walters and Betty Lynne.[2][3] It was written by John Dighton, Jack Henley and Frank Richardson.
Synopsis
Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.
Cast
- Sid Field as Ben Baker
- Hal Walters as Nosey
- Betty Lynne as Fifi
- Gus McNaughton as Milkbar Monty
- Gordon McLeod as Ferdinand
- Charles Castella as The Bull
- Gibb McLaughlin as The Count
- Ian McLean as Hercule
- Ernest Sefton as Marchand
Production
It was shot at Teddington Studios. The sets were designed by the art director Norman G. Arnold.
Reception
Kine Weekly wrote: "The comedy is presented with a sublime disregard for story values, continuity and, for that matter, every other canon of light entertainment. Rather does it revive old-time knockabout music-hall technique. Revival or not, it pays a good dividend in honest laughter. There is'a swift succession of hearty gags, and all have the merit of good teamwork and timing. The presentation is, for the most part, spectacular."[4]
Variety wrote: "This is an English comedy film, made in England, that's above kindergarten and pretty well streamlined at that. That's the Ticket has laughs and situations of good quality. Story hangs together intelligently though its chief weakness is in the pacing. ... Field has a ready knack of playing for camera, with only an occasional lapse into the Lancashire variety turn. More film work should establish his polished playing for pix. Walters works with him nicely and Miss Lynne is comely, playing this one as a Frenchie. ... Direction is by Redd Davis, who has turned out a competent feature from script of Frank Richardson and John Dighton. Latter's screenplay could have been tightened."[5]
References
- ^ a b Steve Chibnall (2019) Hollywood-on-Thames: the British productions ofWarner Bros. – First National, 1931–1945, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, 39:4, pp 687-724, DOI: 10.1080/01439685.2019.1615292 at p 713
- ^ "That's the Ticket". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ Murphy, Robert (1992). Realism and Tinsel: Cinema and Society in Britain 1939-48. Routledge. p. 166. ISBN 978-1138152151.
- ^ "That's the Ticket". Kine Weekly. 277 (1718): 24. 21 March 1940. ProQuest 2339667581.
- ^ "That's the Ticket". Variety. 138 (9): 22. 8 May 1940. ProQuest 1505830875.