'' It's in the Bag'' is a 1944 British

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directed by

Herbert Mason Samuel George Herbert Mason (1891 – 20 May 1960) was a British film director, producer, stage actor, army officer, presenter of some revues, stage manager, theatre director, stage director, choreographer, Production manager (theatre), produc ...

and starring Elsie Waters, Doris Waters and

Ernest Butcher Edward Ernest Butcher (7 April 1885 – 8 June 1965) was a British actor, on stage from 1935, and with many film and TV appearances. He was the second husband of the actress Muriel George, and stepfather to her son, the critic John Davenpor ...

. Gert and Daisy try to recover a valuable lost dress. It was made by Butcher's Films. It is listed on the

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list of

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s, but it was given a DVD commercial release by Renown Pictures Ltd in May 2014, although the Renown version is only 63 minutes long.

Plot summary

Cast

* Elsie Waters as Gert * Doris Waters as Daisy *

as Sam Braithwaite *

Lesley Osmond Lesley Osmond (23 November 1921 – March 1987) was a British actress. She appeared in the 1953 West End musical ''The Glorious Days''. Selected filmography * ''Asking for Trouble'' (1942) * ''In Which We Serve'' (1942) * '' We'll Meet Again'' ...

as April Vaughan * Gordon Edwards as Alan West *

Reginald Purdell Reginald Purdell (4 November 1896 – 22 April 1953) was an English actor and screenwriter who appeared in over 40 films between 1930 and 1951. During the same period he also contributed to the screenplays of 15 feature films, such as '' Th ...

as Joe *

Irene Handl Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was a British author and character actress who appeared in more than 100 British films. Life Irene Handl was born in Maida Vale, London, the younger of two daughters of an Austria-born father ...

as Mrs Beam *

Vera Bogetti Vera Josephine Boggetti (5 October 1902 – 10 October 1985) was a British stage and film actress. She married Laurence J. Rickards in Hampstead, London in 1925, and the couple had a daughter, Pauline, in 1931, who died as an infant in 1932 ...

as Rose Trelawney *

Megs Jenkins Muguette Mary "Megs" Jenkins (21 April 1917 – 5 October 1998) was an English character actress who appeared in British films and television programmes. Life and career Jenkins was born in Birkenhead, Cheshire, the daughter of a construction ...

as Peach St. Clair * Tony Quinn as Prendergast * Anthony Holles as Costumier

Reception

Although

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gives a release date of 7 February 1944, the

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states there were early December 1943 reviews in the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' and ''Kinematograph Weekly''.

References

External links

BFI 75 Most Wanted entry
with extensive notes *
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