On the Fiddle
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
Release Date
October 10, 1961Runtime
87 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Cyril FrankelScreenplay by
Harold BuchmanLanguage
EnglishBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Alfred Lynch
Horace PopeSean Connery
Pedlar PascoeCecil Parker
Group Capt. BascombeStanley Holloway
Mr. CooksleyAlan King
Top Sgt. BuzzerEric Barker
DoctorBarbara Windsor
MavisBill Owen
Cpl. GittensJohn Le Mesurier
HixonKathleen Harrison
Mrs. CooksleyWilfrid Hyde-White
TrowbridgePatsy Rowlands
EvieTerence Longdon
Air GunnerLance Percival
MacTaggart (Uncredited)Kenneth J. Warren
DustyAnton Rodgers
Soldier in Canteen (Uncredited)Jack Smethurst
Dai ToveyVictor Maddern
1st AirmanGraham Stark
Sgt. EllisHarold Goodwin
Corporal ReevesJean Aubrey
Waaf CorporalAlan King
T/Sgt BuzzerMarianne Stone
Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)Thomas Heathcote
SergeantBrian Weske
CorporalJack Lambert
Police ConstableCyril Smith
Ticket CollectorCecil Parker
Gr/Cpt BascombeEleanor Summerfield
Flora McNaughtonMiriam Karlin
Waaf SergeantMonte Landis
ConductorToni Palmer
IvyNeil Hallett
1st AustralianAnn Beach
IrisBeatrix Lehmann
Lady EdithGary Cockrell
U.S. SnowdropMichael Sarne
German OfficerTimothy Bateson
Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)Liz Fraser
Girl with Daisies (Uncredited)Hugh Lloyd
ARP Warden (Uncredited)Philip Madoc
Soldier (Uncredited)