My Learned Friend
| My Learned Friend | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Basil Dearden Will Hay |
| Written by | John Dighton Angus MacPhail |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon Robert Hamer |
| Starring | Will Hay Claude Hulbert Mervyn Johns |
| Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
| Edited by | Charles Hasse |
| Music by | Ernest Irving |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ealing |
Release date |
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Running time | 74 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
My Learned Friend is a 1943 British black-and-white comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and Will Hay and starring Hay, Claude Hulbert and Mervyn Johns. It was written by John Dighton and Angus MacPhail and produced by Michael Balcon, Robert Hamer for Ealing Studios.
The film's title refers to a tradition in British law: when addressing either the court or the judge, a barrister refers to the opposing counsel using the respectful term, "my learned friend".
This was Hay's last film.