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On the Double

  • 1961
  • TMDB 6.9/10
  • 1h 32m

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.

Overview

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.

Cast

  • Danny KayeErnie Williams
  • Dana WynterMargaret MacKenzie-Smith
  • Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteColonel Somerset
  • Margaret RutherfordLady Vivian
  • Diana DorsBridget Stanhope
  • Allan CuthbertsonCaptain Patterson
  • Jesse WhiteJoseph Praeger
  • Gregory WalcottRock Houston

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