FILMOTOn the Fiddle1961

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How Long Is “On the Fiddle”?

Name: On the Fiddle
Genre: comedy
Released: 1961-10-10
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway

1h 37m runtime

19611h 37mcomedy

Comedy film with a runtime of 97 minutes, released in 1961. Presented in English.

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Runtime1h 37m

Minutes97

One SittingYes

With Break1h 49m

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Tricked into joining the RAF, Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch) teams with Pedlar Pascoe (Sean Connery) for schemes designed to keep them far from combat. Bascombe: Cecil Parker. Trowbridge: Wilfrid Hyde-White. Cooksley: Stanley Holloway. Mrs. Cooksley: Kathleen Harrison. Flora: Eleanor Summerfield. Doctor: Eric Barker. A.k.a. "Operation Warhead.", Second World War comedy starring Alfred Lynch as sharp-witted unscrupulous wide-boy Horace Pope and Sean Connery as amiable slow-witted gypsy, Pedlar Pascoe. Horace cons Pedlar and the two recruits get involved in every conceivable racket. Eventually, however, the two find themselves in France as unlikely war heroes.

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Runtime1h 37m

Can Finish TonightYes

One SittingYes

With Break1h 49m

Movie Facts

Release DateOctober 10, 1961

Runtime1h 37m

LanguageEnglish

Genrescomedy

DirectorCyril Frankel

ProducerS. Benjamin Fisz, Benjamin Fisz

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