The Night We Dropped a Clanger
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UK theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Darcy Conyers |
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David Henley Sydney Box |
| Written by | John Chapman |
| Starring | Brian RIx Cecil Parker William Hartnell Leslie Phillips |
| Music by | Edwin Braden |
| Cinematography | Ernest Steward |
| Edited by | Sidney Stone |
| Distributed by | Rank Organisation |
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86 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Night We Dropped a Clanger is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips; Andrew Sachs made his screen debut. A British secret agent is sent on a secret operation in occupied France during the Second World War but a diversionary tactic turns into a farcical tale of mistaken identity. It was released as Make Mine a Double in the United States.
When mysterious, unpiloted, midget aircraft start landing in southern England during the Second World War, top secret agent Wing Commander Blenkinsop, VC and bar, is chosen for a top-secret mission to occupied France to investigate. Meanwhile, as a diversionary tactic to deceive the Germans, his exact look-alike, Aircraftsman Atwood (both parts are played by Rix), is reluctantly recruited to go to North Africa. However, through a farcical mixup, Blenkinsop finds himself in Africa and Atwood ends up in France. By far more luck than judgement, Atwood returns to England with one of the buzz bombs, and, with everyone (including Blenkinsop's girlfriend) believing he is Blenkinsop, he continues the impersonation and becomes a national hero, while the real Blenkinsop desperately tries to regain his identity and his life.
SKY Movies wrote, "a typically rickety British farce of the late Fifties, a time when the Carry On's were gaining their first foothold. This is a sort of Carry On Flying: Brian Rix has a field day in a dual role and there's even William Hartnell, giving his comic all as yet another barking sergeant. Broad, unpolished, lowbrow fun."
The Night We Dropped a Clanger at the Internet Movie Database
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8JWUHNswIU Full movie on YouTube.
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