On the Fiddle (Original title)War Head (Alternative title)Operation Snafu (Alternative title)
Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 29 October 1961 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Cyril Frankel
Synopsis: Service comedy.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subject: World War II
Title: [The Film Daily - v126 n34 19 Feb 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8514 25 Sep 1961 Page: 8
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8514 25 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Oct 1961
Title: [Variety - 18 Oct 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v28 n334 November 1961 Page: 157
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v28 n334 November 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2817 28 Sep 1961 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2817 28 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English
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Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8616 FeetBFI identifier: C-231521
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 29 October 1961 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Cyril Frankel
Synopsis: Service comedy.
Genres: Comedy, War
Subject: World War II
Credits
(23)
Production Company: Coronado Productions (England) Limited, Produced by: S. Benjamin Fisz, Associate Producer: Ben Arbeid, Unit Manager: Timothy Burrill, Assistant Director: Fred Slark, Continuity: Betty Harley, Screenplay by: Harold Buchman, From a Treatment by: R.F. Delderfield, From the novel 'Stop at a Winner' by: R.F. Delderfield, Director of Photography: Edward Scaife, Camera Operator: Jack Atchelar, Editor: Peter Hunt, Art Director: John Blezard, Wardrobe: Bridget Sellers, Make-up: Wally Schneiderman, Hairdresser: Barbara Barnard, Music Composed and Conducted by: Malcolm Arnold, Sound Recording: Bill Salter, Sound Recording: Bob Jones, Dubbing Editor: Ernest Hosler, Norman Wanstall, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(47)
Alfred Lynch (Horace Pope), Sean Connery (Pedlar Pascoe), Cecil Parker (Group Captain Bascombe), Wilfrid Hyde White (Trowbridge), Stanley Holloway (Arthur Cooksley), Kathleen Harrison (Mrs Olga Cooksley), Alan King (Technical Sergeant Buzzer), Eleanor Summerfield (Flora McNaughton), Eric Barker (doctor), Terence Longdon (air gunner), Ann Beach (Iris Cooksley), Miriam Karlin (WAAF sergeant), Beatrix Lehmann (Lady Edith), Patsy Rowlands (Evie), Priscilla Morgan (Gwynneth Tovey), John Le Mesurier (Sergeant Hixon), Bill Owen (Corporal Gittens), Harry Locke (F/Sgt Huxtable), Victor Maddern (1st airman), Thomas Heathcote (sergeant), Viola Keats (sister), Peter Sinclair (Mr Pope), Edna Morris (Lil), Brian Weske (corporal), Jack Lambert (police constable), Cyril Smith (ticket collector), Simon Lack (Flight Lieutenant Baldwin), Graham Starke (Sergeant Ellis), Jean Aubrey (WAAF corporal), Jack Smethurst (Dai Tovey), Richard Hart (Police Officer Trumper), Ian Whittaker (Lancing), Harold Goodwin (Corporal Reeves), Stuart Saunders (sarge), Monty Landis (conductor), Barbara Windsor (Mavis), Toni Palmer (Ivy), Kenneth Warren (Dusty), Neil Hallett (1st Australian), Gary Cockrell (U.S. Snowdrop), Michael Sarne (German officer), Lance Percival ([Jock MacTaggart]), Marianne Stone ([stretcher bearer]), Norman Rossington, Josephine Gillick, Anton Rodgers, Norman Coburn ([uncredited])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: The Film Daily v126 n34 19 Feb 1965 Page: 4Title: [The Film Daily - v126 n34 19 Feb 1965: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8514 25 Sep 1961 Page: 8
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8514 25 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 18 Oct 1961
Title: [Variety - 18 Oct 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v28 n334 November 1961 Page: 157
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v28 n334 November 1961: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2817 28 Sep 1961 Page: 10
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2817 28 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8616 FeetBFI identifier: C-231521
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status