Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

GarnettTeenage The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

expandafter Don't allow the images of bombed areas of London to be used to brainwash you into believing the propaganda about W.W. II.The German blitz against London was in retaliation for English attacks against German cities.In July 1940, Churchill ordered Bomber Command to start devastating Berlin as soon as feasible, even though Germany had bombed no English cities.It was the English, not the Germans, who had heavy bombers that were designed for flattening cities. The Germans had only medium and smaller bombers.It was the war-mongering English whose policy it was to start wars in Europe in order to weaken any country that could rival their power.It was the bullies, war-mongers, and war-criminals known as the English, not the Germans, who bragged that they "ruled the waves". It was the English who bragged that the sun never set on their empire. It was the English who were lording it over the people of Ireland before and during W.W. I. It was the English who maintained a blockade of Germany for seven months after W.W. I ended, causing the death by starvation of hundreds of thousands of people. It was the English who were lording it over the people of India before and during W.W. II. It was the English who started W.W. II by declaring war on Germany. It was the English who were the first to commit the war crime of carpet-bombing cities.

Rueiro Today 'Hue and cry' stands as a fascinating socio-cultural document of post-war Britain, shot in location in the East End, around Covent Garden and in some of the ruins left from the Blitz. It not only is a quite entertaining and exciting boys' adventure but it also shows us what British teenagers were like in those days. Many of them were already earning their bread because the times were hard and many families had lost their men in the war. Also, having not the means of entertainment the boys of today have (television, motorbikes, computers...) meant that boys then were always in the street and often had some special meeting place out of the adults' sight where they idled for hours without doing anything in particular. Apart from cinema-going, the only source of popular entertainment they had were comics. That was the golden era of the Eighth Art. The film benefits from a very imaginative script. The implausible story is yet engaging and has moments of fine suspense: Kirby sneaking into the furrier's shop to inspect the suspicious-looking crates, he and Alec creeping up the staircase to Alistair Sim's flat, his realisation of the mastermind villain's identity and the final confrontation at the bombed office block by the river. A fantastic cast of talented youngsters, humour, suspense, lots of excitement and a marvellous Alistair Sim in a ten-minute appearance that nevertheless plays a key role in the story. A film that may look very outdated now, but still great fun to watch, and definitely a landmark in British post-war cinema.

Spikeopath The Trump!Forgotten, under seen or not very good? Either way Hue & Cry is a very important film in the pantheon of Ealing Studios. Blending comedy with that of a children's thriller, this would be the launching pad for the long string of Ealing classics that would follow. Nobody at the time would know of its importance, nor did head guru Micahel Balcon have ideas to steer the studio in the direction that it would take, thus practically inventing its own genre of film.In truth, it's a scratchy film, admittedly one with moments of class and social hilarity, nifty set-ups and ever likable young actors, but it's a bit too wrought to fully work, the odd blend of comic book values and crime busting youths is never at one for a fully rounded spectacle. But the hints of greatness are there, an awareness of the times, the half bombed London backdrop, the send-ups of Hollywood conventions, and the irrepressible Alastair Sim a forerunner of many eccentrics to follow.Hue & Cry is a fine and decent viewing experience, and perhaps it's harsh to judge it against "those" bona fide classics coming up along the rails? But really it's more for historical values to seek it out and it's not an Ealing film you would recommend to a newcomer wanting to acquaint themselves with that most brilliant of British studios. 6.5/10

Eric Grobb I particularly enjoyed seeing London in its derelict state after WW2, I remember my parents taking me there in those days and seeing piles of bricks everywhere. It was amusing to read a review by an American academic whose main complaint was that the children were all white and there should have been a better balance with black children. I wonder where he thought Ealing Studios might have found such people in 1946/7 - the Empire Windrush did not arrive at Tilbury until June 1948. Indeed looking at the devastation in London in the film it is amazing that Ealing could make anything. This is something that i watched as a kid and have seen many, many times again.