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    The Night We Dropped a Clanger

    The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa . An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.

    Genre: ComedyWar

    Starring: Brian RixCecil ParkerLeslie PhillipsWilliam HartnellLeo Franklyn

    Language: en

    Duration: 85mins

    Release: 1959-10-10

    Rating: 5.2

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    dennyjt

    dennyjt

    1/12/2023

    Mild Wartime comedy as Parker’s intelligence boys come up with a scheme to trick the enemy by finding a double for dashing upper class officer Rix- a toilet cleaning clot (also Rix). Confusion reigns, but little mirth. Rix did a lot of these farces but was no near as adept or inventive as Norman Wisdom, who was the top UK attraction at the time.He had more success with his regular West End productions. As was typical at the time, the cast is littered with welcome comic character actors. Fraser is a nightclub singer; Phillips is his usual self in a cameo.