Query: 1940 crime comedy films that are not American crime films.
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Easy Money (1948 film)
Brass Monkey (film)
Jailbirds (1940 film)
Law and Disorder (1940 film)
Dilemma of Two Angels
Friday the Thirteenth (1949 film)
I Didn't Do It (film)
It's Not Cricket (1949 film)
The Hard Life of an Adventurer
Dangerous Guests
Hue and Cry (film)
My Learned Friend
Busman's Honeymoon (film)
Evidence from documents: Easy Money (1948 film): 1940: ''''Easy Money''''' is a 1948 British satirical film about a modern British tradition, the football pools.
crime: The third is a crime caper involving a part-time coupon checker (Dennis Price) and his nightclub singer girlfriend (Greta Gynt) who devise a scheme to embezzle the winning pot.
comedy: The final episode, another comedy, concerns a disillusioned double-bass player (Edward Rigby) who after a large win on the pools discovers he misses his friends in the orchestra he left, so he becomes its benefactor, subject to the condition that the double-bass section is given unusual prominence in the orchestral lineup.
Brass Monkey (film): 1940: '''''Brass Monkey''''' is a 1948 British comedy thriller with musical asides, directed by Thornton Freeland.
comedy films: '''''Brass Monkey''''' is a 1948 British comedy thriller with musical asides, directed by Thornton Freeland.
crime: Though made in 1948, ''Brass Monkey'' wasn't released in the US until 1951.
Popular radio presenter Carroll Levis (playing himself), and Kay Sheldon (Carole Landis) find themselves entangled in a web of smuggling and murder.
Jailbirds (1940 film): '''''Jailbirds''''' is a 1940 British comedy crime film
Law and Disorder (1940 film): '''''Law and Disorder''''' is a 1940 British comedy crime film
Dilemma of Two Angels: '''''Dilemma of Two Angels''''' (French: '''''Impasse des Deux Anges''''') is a 1948 French comedy crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Paul Meurisse, Simone Signoret and Marcel Herrand. It was the final film directed by Tourneur in a career that stretched back to the silent era and included nearly a hundred films.
Friday the Thirteenth (1949 film): '''''Friday the Thirteenth''''' () is a 1949 West German comedy crime film directed by Erich Engels and starring Fritz Kampers, Angelika Hauff, and Fita Benkhoff.


It was made by Terra Film in 1944, but was not released before the end of the Second World War. It received its much delayed premiere in 1949. It was one of several Nazi-era productions that were given releases in the years after the end of the war.
I Didn't Do It (film): '''''I Didn't Do It''''' is a 1945 British comedy crime film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring George Formby, Dennis Wyndham and Carl Jaffe. Formby's songs include: "She's Got Two Of Everything"' (Cunningham/Towers), "'I'd Like A Dream Like That'" (Formby/Cliffe), and "The Daring Young Man"' (Formby/Cliffe). Because of a realistic murder scene, the film was granted a British 'A' certificate, ensuring no one under the age of 16 would be admitted to the cinema unless accompanied by an adult.
A man named George Trotter staying at a theatrical boarding house is framed for a murder.
It's Not Cricket (1949 film): 1940: '''''It's Not Cricket''''' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Alfred Roome and starring Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw and Maurice Denham.
comedy films: '''''It's Not Cricket''''' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Alfred Roome and starring Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne, Susan Shaw and Maurice Denham.
The Hard Life of an Adventurer: '''''The Hard Life of an Adventurer''''' () is a 1941 Czech crime-comedy film
Dangerous Guests: It was remade by von Cziffra in 1960 as the Austrian film ''Crime Tango''.
Hue and Cry (film): 1940 crime comedy films that are not American crime films.: a 1947 British film
crime comedy: It is generally considered to be the first of the Ealing comedies, although it is better characterised as a thriller for children
crime: London forms the backdrop of a crime-gangster plot which revolves around a working class children's street culture and children's secret clubs.
My Learned Friend: 1940: '''''My Learned Friend''''' is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, farce, directed by Basil Dearden with his regular collaborator, Will Hay, as the film's star in the role of William Fitch.
comedy films: '''''My Learned Friend''''' is a 1943 British, black-and-white, comedy, farce, directed by Basil Dearden with his regular collaborator, Will Hay, as the film's star in the role of William Fitch.
Busman's Honeymoon (film): '''''Busman's Honeymoon''''' (US: ''Haunted Honeymoon'') is a 1940 British detective film directed by Arthur B. Woods. An adaptation of the 1937 Lord Peter Wimsey novel ''Busman's Honeymoon'' by Dorothy L. Sayers, ''Busman's Honeymoon'' stars Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks, Googie Withers, Robert Newton and Seymour Hicks as Mervyn Bunter.