Orders is Orders
| Orders Is Orders | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Forde |
| Produced by | Michael Balcon |
| Written by | Leslie Arliss |
| Starring |
Charlotte Greenwood James Gleason Cyril Maude |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Edited by | Derek Twist |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Film Company |
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Release date
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1933 (UK) 4 May 1934 (USA) |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Orders Is Orders is a 1933 British comedy film starring Charlotte Greenwood, James Gleason and Cyril Maude about an American film crew who move into a British army barracks to start making a film, much to the commander's horror. Much of the film concerns the interaction between the American crew and the British officers.
It was remade in 1954 as Orders Are Orders starring Peter Sellers, Sid James and Tony Hancock.
In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall called the film, "a tepid farce...It is an adaptation of a minor stage work written by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong, and the wonder is that the producers, Gaumont-British, thought it worthy of such an excellent company of players. On the credit side of this piece of buffoonery and punning there are the interesting glimpses in a military barracks, splendid photography and sound recording and good-natured work by the cast."
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