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词条 Invasion Quartet
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Reception

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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| name = Invasion Quartet
| image = Iqpos.jpg
| caption = Original film poster by Ronald Searle
| producer = Ronald Kinnoch
| director = Jay Lewis
| writer = Jack Trevor Story
John Briley
Norman Collins (story)
| narrator =
| starring = Bill Travers
Spike Milligan
| music = Ron Goodwin
| cinematography = Geoffrey Faithfull
Gerald Moss
| editing = Ernest Walter
| studio =
| distributor = Metro Goldwyn Mayer
| released = September 1961
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy/drama 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 leave 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

Reception

According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.[2]

See also

  • Two Men Went to War

References

1. ^Weiler, A. H. New York Times film review 11 December 1961
2. ^{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.

External links

  • {{IMDb title|0055020|Invasion Quartet}}
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11 : 1961 films|British films|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films|English-language films|Films based on military novels|World War II films|British war films|War adventure films|Military humor in film|British black-and-white films|Films scored by Ron Goodwin

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