Our Miss Fred
| Our Miss Fred | |
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| Directed by | Bob Kellett |
| Produced by | Josephine Douglas |
| Written by |
Hugh Leonard Terence Feely |
| Story by | Ted Willis |
| Starring |
Danny La Rue Alfred Marks Lance Percival |
| Music by | Peter Greenwell |
| Cinematography | Dick Bush |
| Edited by | David Campling |
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| Distributed by | Anglo-EMI |
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Release date
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December 14, 1972 |
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Running time
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96 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Our Miss Fred is a 1972 British comedy film starring Danny La Rue and set during World War II. The film was also known by its video release titles Beyond the Call of Duty (Canada) and Operation: Fred (US). In the 1960s, La Rue was one of the highest paid entertainers in Britain, but this represents his only starring role in a feature film.
Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush is called up during World War II, and is performing in drag, entertaining the troops in France, when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues his disguise in women's clothes, Fred fears he will be shot as a spy. The double entendres and bullets fly as he attempts his escape in the company of the pupils from an English girls' finishing school.
'Given his experience as a (Shakespearean) actor, (Fred) ends up...working as an entertainer for the troops. And playing all the female parts. He’s not entirely happy... "Look at me, dressed like a bird," he grumbles. "They used to come from miles away to see my Titus Andronicus." ' (Alastair Wallis: "Movies About Girls")
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