Dad's Army (2016)

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

Director:

Oliver Parker

Writers:

Hamish McColl (screenplay), Jimmy Perry (based on characters created by)

Stars:

Mark Tandy, Russell Balogh, Andrew Havill

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mark Tandy	...	Major Cunningham
Russell Balogh	...	Lundt (as Russell Balough)
Andrew Havill	...	Captain Meeks
Heinz	...	The Pigeon
Emily Atack	...	Daphne
Daniel Mays	...	Walker
Toby Jones	...	George Mainwaring
Blake Harrison	...	Frank Pike
Michael Gambon	...	Godfrey
Bill Nighy	...	Arthur Wilson
Bill Paterson	...	Frazer
Tom Courtenay	...	Jones
Bertie	...	The Bull
Nigel Launder	...	Farmer
Oliver Tobias	...	Canaris

Storyline

The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

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Plot Keywords:

ragtag team | end credits roll call | british humor | british comedy | female journalist | 

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Taglines:

Marching Home on Blu Ray, DVD & Digital HD

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Genres:

Comedy | War

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Universal Pictures

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 February 2016 (USA)

Also Known As:

Az ükhadsereg

Filming Locations:

High Street,Old Town, Bridlington, Yorkshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

DJ Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Color:

Color Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The name of the Allied mission against the Nazis was "Operation Bodyguard".

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Goofs

You could not have made a phone call from England to Paris during war time.

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Quotes

Reverend Timothy Farthing: The morris dancers have booked the hall for one o'clock. I do hope you're not going to run over.
George Mainwaring: There is a war on you know, Vicar. If we're not finished, they'll just have to prance about outside.

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Crazy Credits

The closing credits sequence begins with a caption "You have been watching", followed by scenes of the various characters marching, with captions that show the actors' names but not their characters' names. This is exactly the same style as was used in the original TV series.

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Connections

References Casablanca (1942)

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Soundtracks

Moonlight Serenade
Performed by Glenn Miller and His Orchestra (as Glenn Miller & His Orchestra)
Written by Glenn Miller and Mitchell Parish
Published by EMI Music Publishing / EMI Robbins Catalogue Inc.
Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

User Reviews

As a long time fan I loved it and laughed a lot.

As someone who watched Dad's Army a long time ago and still puts the DVDs on from time to time I loved it and laughed the whole way through.

The casting was excellent. The characters were close enough to the original but still bought enough of their own version to make something new.

In discussion with other Dad's Army fans we were worried that this might be a disappointment but on the contrary, I thought it was very well done.

If you are new to Dad's Army, it might be a puzzle or may not stand well enough on its own but otherwise go and see it.