It's a Cop

It's a Cop
Feature on the film in Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (Jan 27, 1934)
Directed byMaclean Rogers
Written by
Produced byHerbert Wilcox
Starring
CinematographyCyril Bristow
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 1934 (1934-03)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It's a Cop is a 1934 British police-themed comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Sydney Howard, Chili Bouchier and Garry Marsh. It was written by Bert Lee, Jack Marks, R. P. Weston and John Paddy Carstairs, and made at British and Dominion Elstree Studios.

Plot

An incompetent police constable gets a lucky break and catches some thieves, earning his promotion to sergeant.

Cast

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "This comedy has an excepuonally good cast, and is well staged, but the story is slight and obvious, most of the jokes are stale, and the pace is far from hectic. ... There are a few laughs, but barely enough to justify the film's footage."

The Daily Film Renter wrote: "Original comedy vehicle exploiting star's, characteristic brand of thick-witted humour. ... The situations in this film are reminiscent of Harold Lloyd, a fact which yields the impression that Howard is finding a new metier as far as the screen is concerned.

References

  1. ↑ "It's a Cop". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 4 August 2026.
  2. ↑ Wood, Linda (1986). British Films, 1927–1939 (PDF). British Film Institute. p. 78. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "It's a Cop". Kine Weekly. 205 (1406): 24. 29 March 1934. ProQuest 2339776557.
  4. ↑ "It's a Cop". The Daily Film Renter (2207): 4. 24 March 1934. ProQuest 3127083625.