Punch without Judy is a 1939 comedy play by the British author Max Catto.

The West End cast included Peter Murray Hill, Henry Kendall, Ernest Jay, Basil Langton, Marjorie Rhodes, Elizabeth Allan and Olga Edwardes.

[2] The same year the author's successful thriller They Walk Alone had also appeared in the West End.

[3] Phyllis Calvert appeared at Q Theatre in the role subsequently played by Elizabeth Allan in the West End.

Calvert met her future husband, co-star Peter Murray Hill, during the production and was spotted by Gainsborough Pictures who signed her to a contract.