On the Fiddle (Operation Snafu) (Operation War Head) (1961)

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Alfred Lynch and Sean Connery star as a pair of klutzy RAF members, during World War II, who are more interested in running petty confidence scams that toting rifles. Though they doggedly avoid extra effort of any kind, Pope (Lynch) and Pascoe (Connery) are sent on a top-secret mission. The more the… More Alfred Lynch and Sean Connery star as a pair of klutzy RAF members, during World War II, who are more interested in running petty confidence scams that toting rifles. Though they doggedly avoid extra effort of any kind, Pope (Lynch) and Pascoe (Connery) are sent on a top-secret mission. The more the duo screws up, the more they succeed in pulling off their assignment, and through no real input of their own they become heroes. On the Fiddle more closely resembled an American service comedy than a British film, thus it was logical that its U.S. title was Operation SNAFU. During the James Bond craze, the film was retitled Operation Warhead and Sean Connery's participation was played up in the ads -- complete with the anachronistic inclusion of bikini-clad starlets! ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 37 min.
Directed By: Cyril Frankel
Written By: Harold Buchman
Genres: Comedy

On DVD: Mar 4, 1997

Critic Reviews

Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Unassuming British WW II comedy B-movie.

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Cast

            Alfred Lynch as Horace Pope

            Sean Connery as Pedlar Pascoe

            Cecil Parker as Group Capt. Bascombe

            Stanley Holloway as Mr. Cooksley

            Alan King as Top Sergeant Buzzer

            Eric Barker as Doctor

            Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Cooksley

            Eleanor Summerfield as Flora McNaughton

            Terence Longdon as Air Gunner

            Victor Maddern as 1st Airman

            Harry Locke as Huxtable

            John Le Mesurier as Hixon

            Viola Keats as Sister

            Peter Sinclair as Mr. Pope

            Jack Lambert as Police Constable

            Cyril Smith as Ticket Collector

            Graham Stark as Sgt. Ellis

            Miriam Karlin as WAAF Sergeant

            Bill Owen as Corporal Gittens

            Ian Whittaker as Lancing

            Barbara Windsor as Mavis

            Toni Palmer as Ivy

            Kenneth J. Warren as Dusty

            Ann Beach as Iris

            Gary Cockrell as US Snowdrop

            Harold Goodwin as Cpl. Reeves

            Thomas Heathcote as Sergeant

            Wilfrid Hyde-White as Trowbridge

            Scott Hylands
            
            Simon Lack as Flight Lt. Baldwin

            Monte Landis as Conductor

            Beatrix Lehmann as Lady Edith

            Priscilla Morgan
            
            Edna Morris as Lil

            Lance Percival as MacTaggart

            Patsy Rowlands
            
            Jack Smethurst
            
            Marianne Stone as Stretcher Bearer

            Michael Sarne
            
            Jean Aubrey as WAAF Corporal

            Stuart Saunders
            
            Brian Weske as Corporal

            Richard Hart
            
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