Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jim Dale | ... | Spike Milligan | |
Arthur Lowe | ... | Maj. Drysdale | |
Bill Maynard | ... | Sgt. Ellis | |
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Tony Selby | ... | Bill |
Geoffrey Hughes | ... | Larry | |
Jim Norton | ... | Pongo | |
John Forgeham | ... | Wally | |
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Robert Longden | ... | Heavenly |
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Tony Hughes | ... | Edwards |
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Paul Antrim | ... | Anderson |
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Lionel Guyett | ... | Sutton |
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David Fennell | ... | Neville |
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David Belcher | ... | Smith |
Windsor Davies | ... | Sgt. MacKay | |
Stephen Yardley | ... | Lt. Martin |
London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes. Based on the first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. Written by Anonymous
Features no material at all from the book, probably because all the filthy humor and language would have been far too x rated for a 1972 film. Utterly crap film. Not funny, bad direction, bad acting, terrible dialogue. No redeeming qualities whatsoever There really is nothing more to say about this horrendously bad film, having said that, if you are a weak minded individual and you like similarly unfunny crap from the early 70's (on the buses, carry on movies) you might very well enjoy this terrible film. It's a chore to sit through, I can only imagine Spike was desperate for the money or to make a feature film or something like that. Read the book instead.