Somewhere on Leave

Somewhere on Leave is a 1943 British comedy film directed by John E. Blakeley and starring Frank Randle, Harry Korris and Dan Young.

[1] It was written by Roney Parsons and Anthony Toner and was the third in a series of five Somewhere films following Private Randle and his comrades.

The romance, on the other hand, is a little too ludicrous, all the more so as Pat McGrath and Toni Lupino suffer badly from lack of direction.

Originally reviewed in the Kine of November 5, 1942, it returns to the screen untouched by scissors, but, in spite of its formidable footage, its fruity, not to say ribald, humour continues to register.

But his appeal inevitably exemplifies the North-South divide and his success – including that of his five Somewhere films – was largely confined to home ground ...