The Night We Dropped a Clanger

1h 25m 5.2/10

Overview

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.

Director

Darcy Conyers

Top Billed Cast

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Leo Franklyn

B.R. Belling

Leslie Phillips

Squadron Leader Thomas

Liz Fraser

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Cecil Parker

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser

Brian Rix

Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood / Wing Cmdr. Blenkinsop

William Hartnell

Sgt. Bright

Reviews

dennyjt

1/12/2023

3/10

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.