On the Fiddle
On the Fiddle ★★½ Operation Snafu; Operation Warhead 1961
Conniving Horace Pope (Lynch) gets his mate Pedlar Pascoe (Connery) to join the Royal Air Force with him during WWII. Horace sets up a number of rackets but, despite their larcency, they become unintentional heroes. Based on the novel “Stop at a Winner” by R.F. Delderfield. 93m/B VHS . GB Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White; D: Cyril Frankel; W: Harold Buchman; C: Edward Scaife; M: Malcolm Arnold.
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