My Learned Friend

My Learned Friend
Directed byBasil Dearden
Will Hay
Written byJohn Dighton
Angus MacPhail
Produced byMichael Balcon
Robert Hamer
StarringWill Hay
Claude Hulbert
Mervyn Johns
CinematographyWilkie Cooper
Edited byCharles Hasse
Music byErnest Irving
Production
company
Distributed byEaling
Release date
  • 1943 (1943)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.