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Our Miss Fred (Original title)Dear Sir or Madam (Working title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 31 December 1972 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Bob Kellett

Synopsis: Farcical comedy, set during world war II. Actor Fred Wimbush is called up and sent to France. When the Germans attack he is dressed as a woman for a camp concert. Under this disguise he manages to escape with a party of school girls.

Genres:
Comedy, War

Subjects:
World War II, Western Offensive, The (1940)
Releases
Date: 1972not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8640 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (40)
©: Willis World Wide Productions, Production Company: Willis World Wide Productions, Presents: Nat Cohen, For: Anglo-EMI, Executive Producer: Clifford Parris, Produced by: Josephine Douglas, Production Associate: Richard Du Vivier, Production Manager: Christopher Neame, Production Accountant: Bob Blues, Location Manager: Nicholas Gillott, Assistant Director: Ted Morley, Continuity: June Randall, Casting Director: G.B. Walker, Screenplay by: Hugh Leonard, Additional Material by: Terence Feely, From an original story by: Ted Willis, Lighting Cameraman: Dick Bush, Camera Operator: James Devis, Chief Electrician: John Matthews, Stills Cameraman: Douglas Webb, Special Effects: Mike Albrechtsen, Editor: David Campling, Art Director: Don Mingaye, Assistant Art Director: Ken Court, Production Buyer: Geoff Godbold, Construction Manager: Bill Greene, Orig'l Costumes for Danny La Rue Des by: Mark Canter, Wardrobe Mistress: Masada Wilmot, Wardrobe Master: Jimmy Smith, Make-up Supervisor: Wally Schneiderman, Make-up Assistant: Eileen Fletcher, Hairdresser to Mr La Rue: Helen Lennox, Lighting Equipment by: Lee Electric (Lighting), Colour by: Technicolor, Music Composed/Arranged/Conducted by: Peter Greenwell, Location Recordings by: Delta, Sound: Robin Gregory, Dubbing Mixer: Maurice Askew, Sound Editor: Michael Hopkins
Cast (25)
Danny La Rue (Fred Wimbush), Alfred Marks (General Brincker), Lance Percival (Squadron Leader Smallpiece), Lally Bowers (Miss Flodden), Frances de la Tour (Miss Lockhart), Walter Gotell (Schmidt), Kristin Hatfield (Hilary), Jenny Twigge (Judith), Vanessa Furse (Prunella), Serretta Wilson (Elvira), Sophie Batchelor (Emma), John Barrard (patron), Nancy Nevinson (patron's wife), Cyril Shaps (doctor), Frank Thornton (British colonel), André Maranne (French Resistance fighter), Barrie Gosney (Bertie), David Ellen (Bobby), Toni Palmer (vendeuse), Jennifer Croxton (Jeanette), Anthony Sagar (R.S.M.), Noël Coleman (senior RAF officer), Peter Greenwell (M.C.), Agatha (.), Arnold Diamond ([German C.O.])