Goose Steps Out, The
Date: 1942
Director: Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Production Company: Ealing Studios
Stars: Will Hay, Charles Hawtrey, Peter Croft, Peter Ustinov
Location(s): London
Region(s): London E-G
Storyline:
A school teacher is mistaken for German Professor until the real professor turns up. In the true spirit of wartime propaganda, the school teacher is flown into Germany to impersonate the professor and cause chaos and hilarity in a German ‘Spy’ college.
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As with many movies filmed in the Second World War, most of the shooting is done using studio sets. This is the case with this movie. Here a train arriving at a station in Germany with Herr Muller (Will Hay) on board.
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Herr Muller, meets up with Lena (Anne Firth) on the station platform.
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Continuation of the same scene, Lena walks away from Herrr Muller. This shot is included as is the next still to help identify the location.
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Here Her Muller catches up with Lena his contact. Added this still to give more details of the station.
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At the German 'Spy' College, Herr Muller looks for a specific laboratory.
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Herr Muller sees a guard approaching. This shot, the previous one and the next one look like a real location, otherwise it is a case of another well designed set by Ealing Studios.
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Many German guards hunting for Herr Muller.
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Having gotten what he wnted, Herr Muller escapes outside the college in a fire proof suit.
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Having ditched the fire proof suit, Herr Muller returns to the college.
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The movie returns to the railway station with General Von Goltz (Julien Mitchell) waiting to board his train.
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With news of Herr Muller on the loose, German Officers are busy looking for him. Another view of the railway station which may help identify the location.
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The train arrives and we see this new angle of the station. Still gives the hint it is a very good set, just the train arriving gives the impression otherwise.
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Finally we see William Potts arrive back in England, falling into a dust cart and being driven off in the distance. This is Whitehall, London SW1A with King Charles Street, off to the left.
Trees block the view of the distant domes in Peter's comparison.