A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his...
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| Adam Faith | ... | Tony | |
| Sidney James | ... | Harry | |
| Carole Lesley | ... | Charlie | |
| Terence Longdon | ... | Vernon | |
| Clive Dunn | ... | Mr. Slate | |
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Freddie Frinton | ... | Gilbert Pinner |
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Marie France | ... | Marie |
| Charles Hawtrey | ... | Arnold | |
| Spike Milligan | ... | Tramp | |
| Wilfrid Brambell | ... | Postie (as Wilfred Brambell) | |
| Fabia Drake | ... | Mrs. Pinner | |
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Harold Berens | ... | Sammy |
| Ewan Roberts | ... | Jimmy | |
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Archie Duncan | ... | MacDonald |
| Terry Scott | ... | Sergeant | |
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A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals. Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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11 June 1962 (Sweden) See more »Also Known As:
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Written by Johnny Worth
Performed by Adam Faith
Arranged by John Barry
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The barrow boy at he beginning of the film calls Adam Faith Terry. This is Adams real name but his character is called Tony. See more »Soundtracks
The Time Has ComeWritten by Johnny Worth
Performed by Adam Faith
Arranged by John Barry
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"There's something funny going on", mutters Terry Scott's policeman to his colleague Gordon Rollings. Well, I'm not sure about that, but "What a Whopper!" is at least mildly diverting, mainly for the pleasure of spotting the stars in the extraordinary cast. It is also noteworthy for the screenplay by future "Daleks" scribe Terry Nation, music by Laurie "Avengers" Johnson and for Adam Faith's quite dreadful theme song, which is arranged by none other than John Barry!
The film itself is innocent seaside postcard humour, full of comic misunderstandings. Charles Hawtrey plays a beatnik artist (!), Spike Milligan is a befuddled fisherman and Sid James a Scottish publican, although he wisely makes no attempt at a Scots accent. There is also a rare big screen outing for Freddie Frinton's famous sozzled aristocrat performance. This film is truly a souvenir from a bygone age, when the idea of an inebriated man driving from London to Scotland was funny and when outrageous sexism was tolerated. The treatment of women in this film makes the "Carry On" series positively 'PC' by comparison!