# Front Line Kids
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{{Short description|1942 British film by Maclean Rogers}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Front Line Kids
| image = Front_Line_Kids_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1942-2).png
| caption = Belgian theatrical release poster
| director = [Maclean Rogers](/source/Maclean_Rogers)
| producer = [Hugh Perceval](/source/Hugh_Perceval)
| writer = {{ubl|Jack Byrd|[H. F. Maltby](/source/H._F._Maltby)|[Kathleen Butler](/source/Kathleen_Butler_(screenwriter))}}
| narrator =
| starring = [Leslie Fuller](/source/Leslie_Fuller)
| music = [Percival Mackey](/source/Percival_Mackey)
| cinematography = [Stephen Dade](/source/Stephen_Dade)
| editing = A. Charles Knott
| studio = [Butcher's Film Service](/source/Butcher's_Film_Service)
| distributor = Butcher's Film Service
| released = {{Film date|1942|06|29|df=yes}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = [English](/source/English_language)
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Front Line Kids''''' is a 1942 British [second feature ('B')](/source/B_movie)[{{Cite book |last1=Chibnall |first1=Steve |title=''The British 'B' Film'' |last2=McFarlane |first2=Brian |publisher=[BFI](/source/BFI)/[Bloomsbury](/source/Bloomsbury_Publishing) |year=2009 |isbn=978-1-8445-7319-6 |location=London |page=8}}] [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) directed by [Maclean Rogers](/source/Maclean_Rogers) and starring [Leslie Fuller](/source/Leslie_Fuller).[{{Cite web |title=Front Line Kids |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150041396 |access-date=28 November 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}] It was written by Jack Byrd, [H. F. Maltby](/source/H._F._Maltby) and [Kathleen Butler](/source/Kathleen_Butler_(screenwriter)).
== Plot ==
In wartime London an unruly group of boys assist an incompetent [hotel porter](/source/hotel_porter) to thwart a gang of criminals operating out of the building.
==Cast==
* Gerald Rex as Bert Wragg
* [Leslie Fuller](/source/Leslie_Fuller) as Nobby Clarkson
* [John Singer](/source/John_Singer_(actor%2C_born_1923)) as Ginger Smith
* John Tacchi as Front Line Gang member
* Marion Gerth as Elsa la Rue
* [David Keir](/source/David_Keir) as The Parson
* George Pughe as Pinski
* [Anthony Holles](/source/Anthony_Holles_(actor)) as hotelier
* [Ralph Michael](/source/Ralph_Michael) as Paul
* [Ben Williams](/source/Ben_Williams_(actor)) as porter
* [Norman Pierce](/source/Norman_Pierce) as P.C. Rozzer
* [Eric Clavering](/source/Eric_Clavering) as Carl
* [Vi Kaley](/source/Vi_Kaley) as Mrs. Lowther
* [Nora Gordon](/source/Nora_Gordon) as evacuee organiser
* Brian Fitzpatrick as Front Line Gang member
* Derek Prendergast as Front Line Gang member
* Gerald Moore as Front Line Gang member
* Michael John as Front Line Gang member
* David Anthony as Front Line Gang member
* Norah Black
* [O. B. Clarence](/source/O._B._Clarence) as 'real' clergyman
* [Vincent Holman](/source/Vincent_Holman) as Police Sergeant
* Kay Lewis as receptionist
* Douglas Stewart as hotel guest
==Production==
It was made at the [Riverside Studios](/source/Riverside_Studios) in [Hammersmith](/source/Hammersmith). The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Andrew Mazzei](/source/Andrew_Mazzei).
==Reception==
According to ''Kinematograph Weekly'' the film was "a turn up" at the British box office in June 1942.[{{cite magazine|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|title=Box office stakes results|url=https://archive.org/details/kinematograph-weekly/1943/Kinematograph%20Weekly%20%231865%20%281943-01-14%29%20%28BNA%29/page/47/mode/1up?|date=14 January 1943|page=47|first=Josh|last=Billings}}]
''[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin)'' wrote: "Maclean Rogers has made a good job of the direction of this farcical film, and it runs smoothly and quickly to its inevitable conclusion with plenty of laughs from the dialogue and the situations. "The Gang", a collection of juvenile actors, stand out for their natural performances which are sometimes in contrast with those of their elders. Anthony Holles gives an amusing character study of an excitable foreign hotel manager. Leslie Fuller is his usual self as Nobby Clarkson. Gerald Rex and John Singer are the page boys and make as miich of their parts as possible, even if the latter occasionally is inclined to forget he is a full-blooded Cockney."[{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1942 |title=Front Line Kids |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305803755 |journal=[The Monthly Film Bulletin](/source/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin) |volume=9 |issue=97 |pages=41 |id={{ProQuest|1305803755}} |url-access=subscription }}]
==References==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0034760}}
{{Maclean Rogers}}
Category:1942 films
Category:British comedy films
Category:1942 comedy films
Category:Films set in London
Category:Films directed by Maclean Rogers
Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Films scored by Percival Mackey
Category:1942 English-language films
Category:1942 British films
Category:English-language comedy films
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