One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

19751975
GG
1h 34min

A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.

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Director
- Robert Stevenson
Writers
- Bill Walsh(screenplay)
- David Forrest(novel "The Great Dinosaur Robbery")
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Peter Ustinov and Helen Hayes in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Peter Ustinov, Bernard Bresslaw, Helen Hayes, and Joan Sims in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Peter Ustinov, Helen Hayes, and Joan Sims in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Helen Hayes in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Joss Ackland and Amanda Barrie in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Peter Ustinov and Clive Revill in One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975)

Lord Southmere escapes from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", and is captured by Chinese spies who have been instructed to retrieve the microfilm from him. Escaping from his captors, Lord Southmere hides the microfilm in the bones of a large dinosaur at the National History Museum. However, he has been followed into the museum by the spies, so Lord Southmere asks Hettie (his former nanny), to retrieve the microfilm before the spies can find it. He is then promptly recaptured by the head spy, Hnup Wan. Hettie, and her friend Emily (another nanny), devise a plan for a group of nannies to search for the microfilm, but they are unsuccessful in their endeavors. The spies then decide to steal the dinosaur, but are outmaneuvered by Hettie and Emily, who, with a young nanny named Susan, take the dinosaur skeleton on an unforgettable journey around the countryside. When Hettie's two young charges, Lord Castleberry and his younger brother, Truscott, also become involved in the plot, all seems lost, especially for Lord Southmere. —David McAnally <D.McAnally@uq.net.au>

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Taglines
- It's kung-fu fun...that'll tickle your funny bone!
Genres
Certificate
- G
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
The skeleton prop was used in the scene where C-3PO sees the Jawa transporter in Star Wars (1977), which was made at Elstree Studios.

Goofs
When the nannies are searching the dinosaur, Hettie observes that if the skeleton fell on them they would be the first people to be killed in a dinosaur in two million years. Dinosaurs actually became extinct about 65 million years ago. Humans emerged only about 500,000 years ago, so Hettie is wrong on multiple counts.

Quotes
Susan: You lose 3 points, you hit a Granny!

Connections
Referenced in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

Top review

One of the funniest movies ever

And it's in my top ten best films. Hilarious from the very start, with Lord Southmere hitching a lift from the yeti ("Thanks for the lift old boy - I don't think you're abominable at all!") and then escaping from the villains in the Natural History Museum disguised as a baby. It may be racist in the same way as Carry on Up the Khyber (most of the Chinese are occidentals in terrible eye makeup) but it's certainly feminist, celebrating the power of women in grey stockings fuelled only by nice cups of tea. (What if this great beast should fall on us, Hetty? Then we would be the first people in two million years to be killed by a dinosaur!) xxxxxx

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