Invasion Quartet (Original title)

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Dates: 1961 (Copyright), 02 May 1960 (Production)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Jay Lewis

Synopsis: Four wounded Allied soldiers decide to invade France on their own and blow up some long-ranging German guns that have been shelling southern England.

Genres: Comedy, War

Subject: World War II

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Releases
Date: 1961Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7808 FeetDialogue (original): English

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©: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer British Studios, Produced by: Ronald Kinnoch, Production Manager: Basil Somner, Production Secretary: Midge Warnes, Producer's Secretary: Patricia James, Assistant Director: George Pollock, Assistant Director: Peter Price, 2nd Assistant Director: Jake Wright, 3rd Assistant Director: Ernie Lewis, Continuity: Kay Rawlings, Casting Director: Irene Howard, Assistant to Casting Director: Lesley de Pettitt, Screenplay by: Jack Trevor Story, Screenplay by: John Briley, Based on a story by: Norman Collins, Photographed by: Geoffrey Faithfull, Gerald Moss, Photographic Effects by: Tom Howard, Camera Operator: Frank Drake, Camera Operator: Herbert Smith, Focus Puller: Richard Robinson, Clapper/Loader: Bobby Stilwell, Grip: Jim Dawes, Stills Photography: Davis Boulton, Edited by: Ernest Walter, Assembly Editor: Peter Elliott, 1st Assistant Editor: Ken Ross, Art Director: Elliot Scott, Sketch Artist: Ivor Beddoes, Draughtsman: Reg Bream, Prop Buyer: William Isaacs, Wardrobe Supervisor: Ivy Baker, Wardrobe Assistant: Charles Monet, Wardrobe Mistress: Dolly Smith, Make-up: Jim Hyde, Hairdresser: Joan Johnstone, Music Composed and Conducted by: Ron Goodwin, Recording Supervisor: A.W. Watkins, Sound Recordist: Cyril Swern, Boom Operator: Bill Baldwin, Sound Camera Operator: Bill Robson, Sound Maintenance: Peter Martingale, Dubbing Mixer: J.B. Smith, Dubbing Editor: Robert Carrick, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Publicity Supervisor: Paul Mills, Made at: MGM British Studios

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Bill Travers (Major Freddie Oppenheimer), Spike Milligan (Lt Godfrey Pringle), John Le Mesurier (the colonel), Grégoire Aslan (Major Pierre Debrie), Maurice Denham (Dr Barker), Millicent Martin (Sister Kay Manning), Thorley Walters (Lt Commander Cummings), Thelma Ruby (matron), Cyril Luckham (Colonel Harbottle), Alexander Archdale (War Office brigadier), Bernard Hunter (War Office coding officer), John Wood (War Office duty officer), David Lander (maquis leader), Eric Sykes (German band conductor), Bill Mervyn (naval officer), Peter Swanwick (German gun commander), Ernst Ulman (small German sergeant), Ian Ainsley ([German officer]), Gerald Case, John Dunbar ([medical board officer]), Charles Brodie ([maquis deputy leader]), John Crocker ([the storeman])

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In: Variety 30 Aug 1961
Title: [Variety - 30 Aug 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: Kine Weekly n2816 21 Sep 1961  Page: 35
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2816 21 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v166 n36 24 Aug 1961  Page: 3
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v166 n36 24 Aug 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: Motion Picture Herald v224 n11 13 Sep 1961  Page: 269
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v224 n11 13 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: The Daily Cinema n8513 22 Sep 1961  Page: 7
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8513 22 Sep 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: The Film Daily v119 n39 28 Aug 1961  Page: 10
Title: [The Film Daily - v119 n39 28 Aug 1961: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v28 n334 November 1961  Page: 156
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v28 n334 November 1961: no known title]Language: English

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Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedLength: 7848 FeetBFI identifier: C-917933
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film

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