Mr Stringfellow Says No

Mr. Stringfellow Says No
Claude Dampier and Neil Hamilton in the film1
Directed by	Randall Faye
Screenplay by	Randall Faye Brandon Fleming
Produced by	Brandon Fleming Reginald Gottwaltz
Starring	Claude Dampier Neil Hamilton Muriel Aked
Cinematography	Ernest Palmer
Production company	Shepperton Studios
Release date	1937 (1937)
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Mr Stringfellow Says No (also known as Accidental Spy²) is a 1937 British thriller film directed by Randall Faye and starring Neil Hamilton, Claude Dampier and Muriel Aked.²³ It was written by Faye and Brandon Fleming.

An innocent bystander, who is given a vital secret which he doesn't hear, is hounded by all countries until the Prime Minister bluffs them by pretending that he knows the secret too.

• Neil Hamilton as Jeremy Stringfellow
• Claude Dampier as Mr Piper
• Muriel Aked as Mrs Piper
• Kathleen Gibson as Miss Piper
• Marcelle Rogez as Marta
• Franklin Dyall as Count Hokana
• Peter Gawthorne as Prime Minister

The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "This should have been either a roaring farce or a bitter satire, whereas it is only mildly amusing and the thrills never get across. We never believe in the important secret and so cannot think that Jeremy is ever in serious danger. The best parts are the domestic comedy scenes between Claude Dampier and Muriel Aked as Jeremy's prospective in-laws."⁴

Kine Weekly wrote: "Comedy espionage drama, unpretentious in presentation but novel in theme. The plot seldom sides with realism, but it has several diverting offshoots and they converge as it develops into quite good popular entertainment."⁵

Picturegoer wrote: "What almost appears to be a burlesque spy story in which the captain of the Boys' Brigade finds himself through a chain of circumstances involved in international affairs. It can hardly be said that the most has been made of a somewhat promising situation, but Neil Hamilton does what he can with the material he is given as the gallant captain. Claude Dampier scores a laugh or two as a hen-pecked husband, and Peter Gawthorne is very good as the Prime Minister who eventually has to take a hand in the affair. Two good studies come from Franklyn Dyall and Muriel Aked."⁶

Picture Show wrote: "This is a thoroughly entertaining and most original satire on spy melodrama. ... The film is full of action and hilarious sequences, in which satirical fun is made of political circles, established traditions, and politicians themselves, while the scenes in the Tower are delicious."¹