| The Gang Show | |
| Director: | Alfred J. Goulding |
| Producer: | Herbert Wilcox |
| Starring: | Ralph Reader, Gina Malo, Stuart Robinson |
| Music: | Gerald Walcan-Bright and Ralph Reader |
| Cinematography: | Ernest Palmer |
| Editing: | Peggy Hennessy |
| Distributor: | General Film Distributors (UK), Syndicate Pictures (USA). |
| Runtime: | 96 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
The Gang Show is a 1937 British musical film about a Boy Scout Troop who stage a variety show to raise funds, when the lease of their meeting place expires.
The film was a vehicle for material from Ralph Reader's Gang Shows that had been successful on the stage in London's West End since 1932;[1] the songs included the Gang Show anthem; "Crest of a Wave".[2] Shot at Pinewood Studios, the film premiered at the Lyceum Theatre, London on 13 April 1937, the only occasion that the theatre was used as a cinema.[3] It was released in New York in December 1938 under the shortened title The Gang.