Where There's a Will 88 years old

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities

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Where There's a Will Cast

Name Character
Frederick Piper He was 33, 76 years old when he died as Joe, Detective Taking Fingerprints
Norma Varden She was 38, 90 years old when she died as Lady Margaret Wimpleton
Davina Craig She was 22, 68 years old when she died as Lucie, The Maid
Gina Malo She was 27, 54 years old when she died as Goldie Kelly
Hartley Power He was 42, 71 years old when he died as Duke Wilson
Graham Moffatt He was 16, 45 years old when he died as Willie, The Office Boy
Gibb McLaughlin He was 52, 75 years old when he died as Martin, The Butler
John Turnbull He was 55, 75 years old when he died as Detective Collins
Sybil Brooke as Mrs Peabody, Landlady
Mickey Brantford He was 24, 72 years old when he died as Jimmy Burbank
Will Hay He was 47, 60 years old when he died as Benjamin Stubbins
H. F. Maltby He was 55, 82 years old when he died as Sir Roger Wimpleton
Hal Walters He was 44, 47 years old when he died as Nick Harris
Eddie Houghton as Slug Riley
Peggy Simpson She was 23, 81 years old when she died as Barbara Stubbins
Gordon Begg He was 68, 85 years old when he died as Aldrich, the Butler

Where There's a Will Crew

Name Department
Michael Balcon as Producer. He was 40 (81) years old when He died Production
Sidney Gilliat as Story. He was 28 (86) years old when He died Writing
Charles Van Enger as Director of Photography. He was 46 (90) years old when He died Camera
Terence Fisher as Editor. He was 32 (76) years old when He died Editing
William Beaudine as Director. He was 44 (78) years old when He died Directing
William Beaudine as Screenplay. He was 44 (78) years old when He died Writing
Leslie Arliss as Story. She was 34 (86) years old when She died Writing
Will Hay as Screenplay. He was 47 (60) years old when He died Writing
Alex Vetchinsky as Art Direction. He was 31 (75) years old when He died Art
Robert Edmunds as Screenplay. Writing
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Where There's a Will (88 years)

  • Release day: Monday, August 10, 1936
  • Runtime: 80 minutes