A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.A motley group of soldiers are set loose in swinging London in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.
Wilfrid Hyde-White
- General Lockwood
- (as Wilfrid Hyde White)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOscar-winning actor Helen Mirren lambasted director Michael Winner in a TV interview for allegedly treating her "like a piece of meat" during a casting session for this film in 1964. Recalling the encounter, she said that he ordered her to turn around and flaunt her body for him. "I was mortified and incredibly angry. I thought it was insulting and sexist, and I don't think any actress should be treated like that, like a piece of meat, at all. I was so angry. I still am." Winner has defended his actions, saying: "I did indeed ask her to stand up. I don't remember asking her to turn around but if I did, I wasn't being serious. I can see it now. She was wearing a peasant blouse and a skirt in the photographs, with enormous bosoms which were sagging a bit even though she was young."
- GoofsWhen the famous Lutine bell is stolen, the officers at HQ describe it as weighing about a hundred pounds, and difficult, but not impossible, for a man to move around. Yet in the scene at the finish line, there's a brief shot of Poppy Pennington (Tracy Reed), herself probably not much more than that weight, scooping it up effortlessly in the scramble.
- Quotes
Sergeant Clegg: Dig? Me? I'm a married man!
- ConnectionsReferences The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Featured review
You've got to be kidding!
This is one of those twerpy 'swinging 60's' films with cavalier photography, 'swinging' introductory and background music, to get us all in a 'fab' mood to insure us that the everything you are about to endure is not to be taken seriously. It's all the fault of the Beatles wonderful 'A Hard Days Night' that all the others are trying to catch up. However, this film couldn't catch a George Formby film on a bad day. And why-oh-why did it have to have the obligatory American actor in the lead role? To me this lowers the tone completely as we have many, many British actors who would be more than willing to make a complete fool of themselves.
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- skoogs-3
- Jan 12, 2019
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- Also known as
- Rena rama snurren!
- Filming locations
- Carshalton Ponds, Surrey, England, UK(From leaving the library until the lady driver knocks people off of their bikes)
- Production companies
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- Runtime1 hour 40 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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