All the 9 Granada-owned films. Great value.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20770 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-10-17
• Rating: Parental Guidance
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Black & White, PAL
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 9
• Running time: 800 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review

The Will Hay Collection is a nine-disc box containing the following films:
Ask a Policeman / Boys Will Be Boys
Oh, Mr Porter! / Convict 99
Old Bones of the River / Where There's a Will
Good Morning Boys / Hey! Hey! USA!
Windbag the Sailor (exclusive to this box set).

DVD Description

Will Hay is one of the greatest and most inimitable British comedians of all time. A major star of the 1930s, he relished playing pompous, incompetent authority figures, and his misanthropic antics have inspired many great funny men. The Will Hay Collection DVD box set contains nine discs which feature the following films:

1. "Ask a Policeman": Will Hay heads a police force where no crime ever gets committed. As their jobs are on the line they decide to create work for themselves.

2. "Boys will be Boys": Will Hay takes his first outing as a School Master and Narkover School becomes the setting for a stolen necklace cape.

3. "Oh Mr. Porter": Will Hay is sent off by his relatives to rural Ireland, where he becomes the Stationmaster of a derelict Irish railway station. There is little to do and much mischief to be had--including catching gun-runners posing as ghosts!

4. "Convict 99": Will Hay plays Dr. Benjamin Twist, a disgraced schoolmaster who is mistaken for a tough prison governor.

5. "Old Bones of the River": Tramping through Africa, Will Hay attempts to impose his educational theories on the locals.

6. "Where there's a Will": Will Hay plays a bored solicitor who gets caught up in a robbery.

7. "Good Morning Boys": Will Hay again stars in the role of Dr. Benjamin Twist, but this time his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay's seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer.

8. "Hey! Hey! USA": Hay plays Dr. Benjamin Twist and is joined by American comedian Edgar Kennedy ("Duck Soup") in this transatlantic caper, which sees the pair take off on a ship heading for New York.

9. "Windbag the Sailor": Will Hay plays Ben Cutlet and, for the first time, is joined by Moore Marriot and Graham Moffatt. Tricked into taking control of an un-seaworthy ship--which the owners intend to sink--the hapless trio find themselves as the sole crew of the decrepit vessel.

Synopsis
Featuring 'Ask A Policeman', 'Boys Will be Boys' in which Narkover School becomes the setting for a stolen necklace caper, 'Oh Mr Porter' in which the Stationmaster of a derelict Irish halt catches gunrunners posing as ghosts!, 'Convict 99' in which Benjamin Twist, a disgraced schoolmaster is mistaken for a tough prison governor, 'Old Bones Of The River', 'Where There's A Will', 'Good Morning Boys', 'Hey! Hey! USA' and 'Windbag The Sailor' in which Ben Cutlet is tricked into taken control of an unseaworthy ship which the owners intend to sink.

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Customer Reviews

Excellent
Brought back memories of Saturday afternoons watching TV as a lad.

Will Hay still doesn't disappoint.
Ideal for watching on a long winters day in front of a roaring fire!

aaaay aaaaay oaaayyy!
Will Hay was without question one of the best music hall and film comedians of his time.

In these heady days of easycome-easygo humour, it is easy to forget that good comedy has been around for a long long time. I doubt your average 20+yrs old would come across, or wish to see, this sort of black and white film humour; but what a little gem they will be missing.

Look beyond the the black and white footage, the dated topics of converstion and you see a rich tapestry of wit and timeless humour.

Will Hay has the timing of a comic genious, and his two sidekicks
are equally brilliant.

Oh Mr Porter is considered a classic of it's time and I wouldn't argue with that. It does get a little slow towards the end but is more than madeup for by the beginning.

There is no swearing, no violence, no innuendo, just a brilliant script and great acting.

Will Hay made several great films; probabaly the best are Oh Mr Porter, Old Bones, Boys will be Boys, Good Morning Boys and Where's the fire. Some are a bit too long and loose a little on plot, but some idividual scenes are 'diamonds'. If you are not sure about buying the whole set, maybe buy one of the ones I recommend and see if you enjoy it.

Will Hay pure genius...
Timeless Comedy, much better than the modern dross that is constantlypumped down our Throats.
My 2 Daughters (aged 16 & 9) both find theseFilms excellent entertainment & would watch them over & over again..
Mynext purchases will be some Norman Wisdom & George Formby Films, got tokeep the spirit alive for the enjoyment of future generations.