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| Invasion Quartet | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster by Ronald Searle | |
| Directed by | Jay Lewis |
| Written by | Jack Trevor Story John Briley Norman Collins (story) |
| Produced by | Ronald Kinnoch |
| Starring | Bill Travers Spike Milligan |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull Gerald Moss |
| Edited by | Ernest Walter |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release date | September 1961 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film that was publicised as a parody of The Guns of Navarone.[1] It was directed by Jay Lewis and starred Bill Travers and Spike Milligan.
Plot
Two wounded officers, one British and one French are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They abscond from their hospital and, together with an explosives expert suffering from mental illness, and a Colonel, thought too old to serve in the Army, make their way to France to destroy a long range German artillery piece.
The plot has similarities to the exploits of Commando Sgt Peter King and Pte Leslie Cuthbertson.
Cast
- Bill Travers as Freddie Oppenheimer
- Spike Milligan as Godfrey Pringle
- Grégoire Aslan as Debrie
- John Le Mesurier as Colonel
- Thorley Walters as Cummings
- Maurice Denham as Dr. Barker
- Thelma Ruby as Matron
- Millicent Martin as Kay
- Cyril Luckham as Col. Harbottle
- William Mervyn as Naval Officer
- Peter Swanwick as Gun Commander
- Alexander Archdale as Brigadier, War Office
- Gerald Case as Medical Board Officer - (uncredited)
- Ernst Ulman as German Sergeant
- John Wood (English actor) as Duty Officer, War Office
- Richard Marner as German Soldier (uncredited)
- Bernard Hunter as Coding Officer, War Office
Reception
According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.[2]
See also
References
External links
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- 1961 films
- 1961 comedy-drama films
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films
- 1960s English-language films
- Films based on military novels
- British World War II films
- British war films
- 1960s war adventure films
- Military humor in film
- British black-and-white films
- Films scored by Ron Goodwin
- Films with screenplays by John Briley
- Films shot at MGM-British Studios
- 1960s British films
