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On the Double

On the Double

★ 6.9/10•1961•1h 32m•PG•War•Comedy

You'll double up laughing when you see Mr. Fun On The Run!

American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.

Melville Shavelson · Director

Jack Rose · Writer

Melville Shavelson · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 32m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 19, 1961

Actors

Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Ernie Williams

Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Margaret MacKenzie-Smith

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Colonel Somerset

Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Lady Vivian

Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Bridget Stanhope

Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

Captain Patterson

Jesse White

Jesse White

Joseph Praeger

Gregory Walcott

Gregory Walcott

Rock Houston

Terence de Marney

Terence de Marney

Colin Twickenham

Rex Evans

Rex Evans

Carleton Brown Wiffingham

Rudolph Anders

Rudolph Anders

Oberkommandant

Edgar Barrier

Edgar Barrier

Blankmeister

Pamela Light

Mrs. Somerset

Ben Astar

Ben Astar

General Zlinkov

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