Poor Old Bill is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Leslie Fuller, Iris Ashley and Syd Courtenay.^[2] It marked the film debut of a very young Peter Lawford, playing the child of the main character, Bill (Leslie Fuller).^[3]

A man sponges off an old comrade from the First World War who believes he has saved his life during the war, although this ultimately proves not to be true.

• Leslie Fuller as Bill
• Iris Ashley as Emily
• Syd Courtenay as Harry
• Peter Lawford as Horace
• Hal Gordon as Jack
• Robert Brooks Turner as Mick
• Dick Francis as Constable

TV Guide gave the film one out of four stars, calling it an "Interesting conception for a farce," but concluded that, "Unfortunately, the idea is carried on much too long, stretching what little material there is."^[3]

• Sutton, David R. A chorus of raspberries: British film comedy 1929–1939. University of Exeter Press, 2000. ISBN 978-0-85989-603-0.

• Poor Old Bill at IMDb

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