"Reflecting the new streamlined look of Ealing after 1939, especially in Ronald Neame's camerawork, Let George Do It was the best-looking and most polished Formby comedy to date. It was also a huge success since early wartime audiences clearly needed escapism (even though the war wasn't very 'real' yet) and here was Formby, already battling Nazi spies and spoofing the war. Events were moving fast then and the film (set in free Norway) was already dated before release date due to Germany's sudden invasion of Norway, although Ealing covered that with an opening title setting it back in time. After a mildly Hitchcockian opening, we're soon into double-entendre music hall jokes, inevitable blackout gags, some good Formby songs and some surprisingly elaborate slapstick. Missing from this American version however is a dream sequence in which an angel-winged George, in heaven to marry his dream girl, is sent back to capture Hitler first. Controversial at the time, it would be of more interest today for its propaganda content rather than its humor." William K. Everson