Nil By Mouth city boy Hell's Gate Pass

Hell's Gate Pass

and from the people who did not escape

starring velvet-voiced Gordon MacRae and comedy pros Eddie Bracken and Dick Wesson as conniving cadets who mix their reveille revelry with song

in order to save his family and himself

gags range from dead-on deadpan to comedic broadsides

Nil By Mouth city boy Hell's Gate PassAgainst the dreary backdrop of Southeast London's concrete housing estates, the lives of three underclass Brits come crashing down. Gary Oldman's conversational, improvisatory script follows his characters wretched lives in crowded council flats, tawdry Piccadilly strip joints, with truly outstanding acting and honesty.