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11 September 1961 (Sweden) morePlot:
A somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits in a German POW camp find their new acerbic fellow prisoner is a key officer who must be got out at all cost. more | add synopsisUser Comments:
Just an average British war film. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | James Robertson Justice | ... | Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow RN |
| Leslie Phillips | ... | Jimmy Cooper |
| Stanley Baxter | ... | 'Jock' Everett / Kommondant Stamfel |
| Eric Sykes | ... | Willoughby, Sports Officer |
| Richard Wattis | ... | Woodcock, Entertainments Officer |
| Godfrey Winn | ... | Himself |
| Colin Gordon | ... | Briggs |
| John Le Mesurier | ... | Piggott, Escape Officer |
| Norman Bird | ... | Travers, Senior British Officer |
| Jeremy Lloyd | ... | 'Bonzo' Baines |
| John Forrest | ... | Grassy Green |
| Jean Cadell | ... | Lady Telling Story on TV show. Opening Scene |
| Peter Myers | ... | Shaw |
| Ronnie Stevens | ... | Hankley |
| Ronald Leigh-Hunt | ... | Clynes (as Ronald Leigh Hunt) |
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98 minCountry:
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1.66 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Filming Locations:
Beaconsfield Studios, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England, UKFun Stuff
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When James Robertson Justice's character shouts at the Lageroffizier, it translates as "You can kiss my arse, you filthy Nazi!" Possibly, James Robertson Justice, who spoke fluent German, ad-libbed this, certain that the rest of the crew probably wouldn't understand it, most of the audience wouldn't and the censors undoubtedly wouldn't (or get the jokes). moreQuotes:
Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS: Cooking requires no intelligence. Were it otherwise women would be no good at it. moreFAQ
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James Robertson-Justice plays (Sir Ernest Pease.) an important scientist sent on a bombing mission to see how a raid goes. As we can all guess, the plane is attacked and he parachutes to safety only to be sent to a pow camp,where he takes on the alias of Lt Farrow. When the senior British officer learns who he is, Farrow is helped to escape.
The film is held together by Robertson-Justice, whose performance lifts the film out of the ordinary.