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Not So Dusty is a 1956 black and white British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer and Joy Nichols.[1]

Not So Dusty
Directed by	Maclean Rogers
Written by	Maclean Rogers
Produced by	Bill Luckwell Derek Winn
Starring	Bill Owen Leslie Dwyer Joy Nichols Wally Patch
Cinematography	James Wilson
Edited by	Sam Simmonds
Music by	Wilfred Burns
Production company	Bill Luckwell Productions
Distributed by	Eros Films
Release date	February 1956
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Plot

Two London dustmen (rubbish collectors) Dusty and Nobby, serving the borough of Twickenham spot a couple in an apartment block robbing a book from the woman's sister. The crime is temporarily delayed by the maid. Inexplicably they find a diamond brooch in the bin outside the property. They enter the building to return it just as the owner, Miss Duncan, returns. This allows Dusty to meet Lobelia, the maid. He asks her out to the pictures.

Instead of cash Miss Duncan gives them a book on the philosophy of Diogenes as a reward. This is the same book which the couple were trying to steal. An American is seeking the book offering $5000 (£500).

Meanwhile the book starts to travel. Nobby's son Derek takes it to a bookseller as part of a bundle of old books which needs to be in groups of six. Nobby and Dusty have to break into the bookseller to retrieve it.

This is thought to be a valuable book and they have to thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Mrs Lincoln eventually tracks them and gives them £500 for the book. However, it is revealed that the American seeks volume 1 and they have volume 2 which is worthless.

Volume 2 is tracked and they rush to the airport to get the American the copy just in time. He writes a cheque for more money.

Cast

• Bill Owen as "Dusty" Grey
• Joy Nichols as Lobelia, Miss Duncan's maid
• Leslie Dwyer as Nobby Clarke
• Harold Berens as Driver
• Roddy Hughes as J.C. Layton
• Ellen Pollock as Agatha Lincoln
• Bill Shine as Alistair Lincoln
• Wally Patch as Burrows the concierge at Miss Duncan's home
• Dandy Nichols as Mrs. Clarke, Nobby's wife
• William Simons as Derek Clarke
• Totti Truman Taylor as Charlotte Duncan
• Tony Quinn as Elmer J. Cobb
• Diana Chapman as Receptionist
• Scott Sanders as Lancelot Barnaby Pennington the bookseller
• Michael McKeag as 2nd Actor
• Alexis de Galien as Head waiter
• George Roderick as 1st Waiter
• John Moore as 2nd Waiter

Production

The film was made at Twickenham Studios and on location around London. It is a remake of a 1936 film of the same title which had also been directed by Maclean Rogers. Wally Patch, who had written and starred in the earlier film, appears in a small role in the remake.

References

Bibliography

• Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. The British 'B' Film. Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.

External links

• Not So Dusty at IMDb

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