A weak, cowardly barber gets fit to win over a beautiful woman. However, she prefers his muscle-bound rival until George challenges him to a boxing match.
Acting
Formby's ukulele-grinning everyman schtick is pure pre-war comfort food.
Practical Effects
Genuinely impressive vintage gym equipment and chaotic training sequences.
Director
Anthony Kimmins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Formby was Britain's biggest box office draw in the 1930s — this is peak interwar working-class escapism.
The 'muscle-bound rival' Guy Middleton later became a staple of British B-movies, typecast forever as smug upper-class antagonists.
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