On the Fiddle
| On the Fiddle | |
|---|---|
Original UK quad size poster
|
|
| Directed by | Cyril Frankel |
| Produced by | Benjamin Fisz |
| Screenplay by | Harold Buchman |
| Based on |
Stop at a Winner (novel) by R.F. Delderfield |
| Starring |
Alfred Lynch Sean Connery Cecil Parker Stanley Holloway |
| Music by | Malcolm Arnold |
| Cinematography | Edward Scaife |
| Edited by | Peter Hunt |
|
Production
company |
Coronado Productions
|
| Distributed by | Anglo Amalgamated (UK) |
|
Release date
|
|
|
Running time
|
86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
On the Fiddle (released as Operation Snafu and Operation War Head in the United States) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kathleen Harrison, Victor Maddern and John Le Mesurier.
It was Sean Connery's tenth film, released the year before his big breakthrough as James Bond in the 1962 film Dr No.
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
Pope joins the RAF. Very quickly he makes friends with the easy going, but loyal, Pedlar Pascoe who happily goes along with all of his scams, which mainly involve taking money for leave passes and for organising postings close to home. The pair do their utmost to make a bit on the side and avoid being sent into action.
However, their antics soon lead to them being sent on a mission to occupied France where they unexpectedly succeed with their offbeat actions.
The film was adapted by Harold Buchman from the 1961 novel Stop at a Winner by R. F. Delderfield.
The fighting scenes in the woods were shot in and around "The Sandpit" on Horsell Common near Woking, Surrey. Interiors were completed at Shepperton Studios, Surrey.
...
Wikipedia