On the Fiddle (Operation Snafu) (Operation War Head) (1961)
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22% want to see it
(39 ratings)
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
- Directed By
- Cyril Frankel
- Written By
- Harold Buchman
- Genres
- Comedy
Unrated,
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Unassuming British WW II comedy B-movie.
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Cast
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Alfred Lynch
as Horace Pope
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Sean Connery
as Pedlar Pascoe
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Cecil Parker
as Group Capt. Bascombe
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Stanley Holloway
as Mr. Cooksley
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Alan King
as Top Sergeant Buzzer
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Eric Barker
as Doctor
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Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs. Cooksley
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Eleanor Summerfield
as Flora McNaughton
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Terence Longdon
as Air Gunner
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Victor Maddern
as 1st Airman
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Harry Locke
as Huxtable
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John Le Mesurier
as Hixon
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Viola Keats
as Sister
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Peter Sinclair
as Mr. Pope
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Jack Lambert
as Police Constable
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Cyril Smith
as Ticket Collector
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Graham Stark
as Sgt. Ellis
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Miriam Karlin
as WAAF Sergeant
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Bill Owen
as Corporal Gittens
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Ian Whittaker
as Lancing
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Barbara Windsor
as Mavis
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Toni Palmer
as Ivy
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Kenneth J. Warren
as Dusty
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Ann Beach
as Iris
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Gary Cockrell
as US Snowdrop
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Harold Goodwin
as Cpl. Reeves
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Thomas Heathcote
as Sergeant
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Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Trowbridge
- Scott Hylands
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Simon Lack
as Flight Lt. Baldwin
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Monte Landis
as Conductor
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Beatrix Lehmann
as Lady Edith
- Priscilla Morgan
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Edna Morris
as Lil
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Lance Percival
as MacTaggart
- Patsy Rowlands
- Jack Smethurst
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Marianne Stone
as Stretcher Bearer
- Michael Sarne
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Jean Aubrey
as WAAF Corporal
- Stuart Saunders
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Brian Weske
as Corporal
- Richard Hart
