Complete credited cast: | |||
Will Hay | ... | William Potts / Muller | |
Charles Hawtrey | ... | Max | |
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Peter Croft | ... | Hans |
Barry Morse | ... | Kurt | |
Peter Ustinov | ... | Krauss | |
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Anne Firth | ... | Lena |
Frank Pettingell | ... | Prof. Hoffman | |
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Leslie Harcourt | ... | Vogel |
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Julien Mitchell | ... | Gen. Von Goltz |
Jeremy Hawk | ... | A.D.C. | |
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Raymond Lovell | ... | Schmidt |
Aubrey Mallalieu | ... | Rector | |
John Williams | ... | Maj. Bishop | |
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Lawrence O'Madden | ... | Col. Truscott |
A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college. Written by D.Giddings <darren.giddings@newcastle.ac.uk>
Bernie-81's review mentioned a possible 'nod' from the producers of this film to the Warner Brothers' "Casablanca" which was also released in 1942. I think it's more likely that the use of a twin-finned mock-up aircraft in "Goose's opening aerodrome scene bearing the markings "G-AFGN" was an ironic reference to the use of a real, aircraft bearing that registration by the British prime-minister to visit Germany in 1938 for negotiations with Hitler. Some in the audience would have recognised the significance of "G-AFGN" even if it wasn't relevant to the Hay picture. The prop Lockheed airliner seen in "The Goose..." may have been used in other pictures but not by the Warner studio out in California.