Watched a British 1949 film called "Dear Mr Prohack" last night. Had recorded it some weeks ago on Talking Pictures, It's a comedy about a senior civil servant (played by Cecil Parker). It's not a particularly good film as it's not really a satire, not really a farce, and does't wholly work. The two most familiar faces in the senior roles are Dirk Bogarde and Glynis Johns.
Film is interesting as it features in smaller credited roles people who would become better known - Denholm Elliott, Bryan Forbes (initially an actor before switching to directing) and Jon Pertwee, Also, though uncredited, Ian Carmichael.
Final film directed by Thornton Freeland, not a well known directed, who was American and had made films there, the most famous being Flying Down to Rio, the film which introduced Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers as a duo.
Film does have a scene towards the end which is one of the bizarrest scenes in any film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9_xRfDchAo