The Night We Dropped a Clanger (Original title)Make Mine a Double (Alternative title)
Date: 12 October 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Darcy Conyers
Synopsis: During the war, a Royal Air Force officer plans to fool the Nazis as to his whereabouts by using a double, but the double is accidentally sent on the officer's mission.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subject: World War II
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7785 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 12 October 1959 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Darcy Conyers
Synopsis: During the war, a Royal Air Force officer plans to fool the Nazis as to his whereabouts by using a double, but the double is accidentally sent on the officer's mission.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subject: World War II
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 86 mins Length: 7785 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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A Four Star Films Production: Four Star Films, Presents: Sydney Box Associates, Produced by: David Henley, Associate Producer: Brian Rix, Production Supervisor: Barry Delmaine, Assistant Director: Peter Crowhurst, Continuity: Gladys Goldsmith, Screenplay by: John Chapman, Cameraman: Ernest Steward, Camera Operator: Ray Sturgess, Edited by: Sid Stone, Art Director: Duncan Sutherland, Wardrobe: Freda Gibson, Make-up: Jill Carpenter, Hairdresser: Daphne Vollmer, Music by: Edwin Braden, 'The Night we Dropped a Clanger' [and] 'I Want a Man' Music by: Edwin Braden, 'The Night we Droppd a Clanger' [and] 'I Want a Man' Lyrics by: Alan Reeve-Jones, Sound Supervision: Fred Turtle, Sound Mixer: Cyril Collick, Dubbing Editor: Jimmy Shields, Recorded on: RCA Photophone, Made at: Boreham Wood National Studios
Cast
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Cecil Parker (Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser), Leo Franklyn (Sergeant Belling), Liz Fraser (Lulu), Hattie Jacques (Ada), Vera Pearce (Madame Grilby), John Welsh (Squadron Leader Grant), Irene Handl (Mrs Billingsgate), Toby Perkins (Flight Lieutenant Spendal), Julie Mendez (dancer), Oliver Johnston (Air Commodore Turner), Patrick Cargill (Fritz), Denis Shaw (Hammerstein), Larry Noble (farmer), William Hartnell (W/O Bright), Leslie Phillips (Squadron Leader Thomas), Brian Rix (Wing Commander Blenkinsop / Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood), Charles Cameron (General Gimble), Julian D'albie (Air Marshall Carruthers), Arthur Brough (Admiral Bewdly), Ray Cooney (corporal), Merylin Roberts (1st WAAF), Harry Lane (American officer), Sheila Mercier (2nd WAAF), Christine Russell (3rd WAAF), John Langham (Ricky), Rowland Bartrop (Smythe), Paul Bogdan (German general), Victor Beaumont (Factory Commandant), Sarah Branch (W.A.A.F. Hawkins), John Chapman (wing commander), Gilbert Harrison (corporal), Stanley Coghan (1st pilot), Edward Ogden (1st navigator), Peter Burton (2nd pilot), David Conville (2nd navigator), Keith Banks (Corporal Parker), Arnold Bell (Wing Commander Jones), David Williams (Wing Commander Priestley), Andrew Sachs (A.C.2 Briggs), David Stoll (butler), Robert Bruce (M.O. North Africa), Geoffrey Denys (Monty's double), Hubert Cross (1st sergeant), Anthony Broughton (officer), Peter Mercier (Pierre Martin), Peter Allenby (Albert), Natalie Kent (woman cleaner), Garth Adams (1st MP), Anthony Baird (2nd MP), Peter Taylor (1st German sentry), William Abney (2nd German sentry), Arthur Lovegrove (sergeant)