Not So Dusty is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Wally Patch, Gus McNaughton and Muriel George.^[1] The screenplay concerns two London rubbish collectors who come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it.

The film was made at Nettlefold Studios in Walton-on-Thames. It was remade in 1956 starring Leslie Dwyer and Bill Owen.^[2]

Cast

• Wally Patch as Dusty Gray
• Gus McNaughton as Nobby Clark
• Muriel George as Mrs. Clark
• Philip Ray as Dan Stevens
• John Singer as Johnny Clark
• Isobel Scaife as Mary
• Ethel Griffies as Miss Miller
• H. F. Maltby as Mr. Armstrong
• Raymond Lovell as Mr. Holding

Critical reception

Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "good light entertainment of an unsuphisticated type...in the (comic) music hall tradition...(with) the Cockney atmosphere...well and consistently carried out."^[3]

Bibliography

• Shafer, Stephen. British Popular Films: 1929-1939. Routledge, 1997.

External links

• Not So Dusty at IMDb

References

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