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Orders Are Orders ()

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An American movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using a British army barracks as a location, and its soldiers as actors.
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Brian Reece ...
Captain Harper
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Wanda Sinclair
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Colonel Bellamy
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Ed Waggermeyer
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Lt. Wilfred Cartroad
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Private Goffin
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Veronica Bellamy
Peter Martyn ...
Lt. Broke
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Joanne Delamere
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Lt. General Sir Cuthbert Grahame Foxe
Bill Fraser ...
Private Slee
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Capt. Ledger
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A.D.C.
Maureen Pryor ...
Miss Marigold
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R.S.M. Benson (as Barry McKay)
Mark Baker ...
Scriptwriter
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Lincoln Green
Reginald Hearne ...
Sgt. Spurway
Stephen Vercoe ...
American Marine
David Green ...
Shortchief
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Sol Feinmesser
Barry Steele ...
Orderley Clerk
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L / Cpl. Martin (as Donald Plesance)
Leonard Williams ...
Corporal Smithers
Peter Haig ...
Guard Sergeant
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eddie Boyce ...
Private (uncredited)
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Props Man (uncredited)
Gerald Campion ...
Private (uncredited)
Tony Castleton ...
Private (uncredited)
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Bit Role (uncredited)
Manny Michael ...
Private (uncredited)
Cecil Paul ...
Cameraman (uncredited)
Charles Rayford ...
Private (uncredited)
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Props Man (uncredited)
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Pvt. Waterhouse (uncredited)
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Bit Role (uncredited)
John Wilder ...
Cameraman (uncredited)

Directed by

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David Paltenghi

Written by

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Ian Hay ... (play) and
Anthony Armstrong ... (play)
 
Donald Taylor ... (screenplay) and
Geoffrey Orme ... (screenplay)
 
Eric Sykes ... (additional dialogue)

Produced by

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Bernard Coote ... associate producer (uncredited)
Donald Taylor ... producer

Music by

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Stanley Black

Cinematography by

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Arthur Grant ... (photographed by)

Editing by

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Joseph Sterling

Editorial Department

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Peter R. Hunt ... associate editor (as Peter Hunt)
Jeanne Henderson ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Art Direction by

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Ray Simm

Makeup Department

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Wally Schneiderman ... makeup artist (as Walter Schneiderman)
Pearl Tipaldi ... hair stylist

Production Management

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Arthur Barnes ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Anthony Hearne ... assistant director (as Tony Hearne)
Peter Crowhurst ... second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Harry Pottle ... assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Len Page ... sound recordist
Tom Otter ... boom operator (uncredited)
Alan Thorne ... sound camera operator (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ken Hodges ... camera operator
Dick Bayley ... focus puller (uncredited)
Frank Bellingham ... still photographer (uncredited)
Eric Williams ... clapper loader (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Amy C. Binney ... wardrobe (as Amy Binney)

Music Department

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Stanley Black ... conductor

Script and Continuity Department

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Gladys Goldsmith ... continuity
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Taglines Laugh is the Command! See more »
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  • 78 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia Eric Sykes' first feature. See more »
Goofs Whilst the production company loads their lorry near the end, the shot is flipped, as evidenced by the letters and numbers on the index plate (number plate). See more »
Movie Connections Remake of Orders Is Orders (1933). See more »
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