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Partners in Crime (1942 film)

Partners in Crime is a 1942 British short propaganda film directed and written by Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. It was produced for the Ministry of Information by Gainsborough Pictures. It delivers a reprimand to housewives meddling in the black market.

Plot

A burglar breaks into a house, and subsequently sells the stolen goods to a fence in a pub. Mrs Wilson buys black market meat from her butcher, and this transaction is portrayed as a parallel to that between the burglar and fence. The fence is arrested and tried before a judge. After the closing titles of the film the judge breaks the fourth wall and sternly addresses a warning the audience, which includes Mrs Wilson.

Cast

This information is from the British Film Institute. There are no cast credits in the film itself.

Availability

Although unavailable on home media, it can be freely viewed in the UK at the British Film Institute's Mediatheque, or on their YouTube channel.

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