On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle

87 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1961

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.

On the Fiddle

87 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1961

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.
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers American International Pictures, Coronado Productions, Anglo-Amalgamated Productions
Original title On the Fiddle
Directors Cyril Frankel
Writers Harold Buchman, R.F. Delderfield

Cast

Alfred Lynch

as Horace Pope

Sean Connery

as Pedlar Pascoe

Cecil Parker

as Group Capt. Bascombe / Gr/Cpt Bascombe

Stanley Holloway

as Mr. Cooksley

Alan King

as Top Sgt. Buzzer / T/Sgt Buzzer

Eric Barker

as Doctor

Barbara Windsor

as Mavis

Bill Owen

as Cpl. Gittens

John Le Mesurier

as Hixon

Kathleen Harrison

as Mrs. Cooksley

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Trowbridge

Patsy Rowlands

as Evie

Terence Longdon

as Air Gunner

Lance Percival

as MacTaggart (Uncredited)

Anton Rodgers

as Soldier in Canteen (Uncredited)

Jack Smethurst

as Dai Tovey

Victor Maddern

as 1st Airman

Harry Locke

as Huxtable

Graham Stark

as Sgt. Ellis

Harold Goodwin

as Corporal Reeves

Jean Aubrey

as Waaf Corporal

Marianne Stone

as Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)

Viola Keats

as Sister

Peter Sinclair

as Mr Pope

Edna Morris

as Lil

Thomas Heathcote

as Sergeant

Brian Weske

as Corporal

Jack Lambert

as Police Constable

Cyril Smith

as Ticket Collector

Simon Lack

as Fl/Lt Baldwin

Eleanor Summerfield

as Flora McNaughton

Miriam Karlin

as Waaf Sergeant

Priscilla Morgan

as Gwynneth Tovey

Ian Whittaker

as Lancing

Stuart Saunders

as Sarge

Monte Landis

as Conductor

Toni Palmer

as Ivy

Neil Hallett

as 1st Australian

Ann Beach

as Iris

Beatrix Lehmann

as Lady Edith

Gary Cockrell

as U.S. Snowdrop

Michael Sarne

as German Officer

Timothy Bateson

as Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)

Liz Fraser

as Girl with Daisies (Uncredited)

Hugh Lloyd

as ARP Warden (Uncredited)

Philip Madoc

as Soldier (Uncredited)

Richard Hart

as P.O. Trumper