You'd Be Surprised! is a 1930 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Forde, Joy Windsor and Frank Stanmore.^[1] The film was shot at the Nettlefold Studios in Walton. It was made during the transition to sound film.^[2] Originally silent, it had synchronised songs and music added. A silent version was also released to cater to cinemas that hadn't converted to sound yet.^[3]

After dressing up as a prisoner for a fancy dress party, a songwriter is mistaken for a notorious escaped convict.

• Walter Forde as Walter
• Joy Windsor as Maisie Vane
• Frank Stanmore as Frankie
• Frank Perfitt as Major
• Douglas Payne as Convict 99

Allmovie described it as a "bouncy musical...At one point, the star ventures into Harold Lloyd territory when he finds himself manacled to a huge and surly thug who drags our poor hero all over London. Much of the film suffers from substandard sound recording, though a few innovative audio effects emerge from the cacophony."^[4]

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

• You'd Be Surprised! at IMDb

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