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A street peddler and his friend join the RAF to avoid prison and make money, but face danger and tragedy in the war. IMDb provides cast, crew, reviews, trivia, and more for this 1961 film directed by Cyril Frankel.
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- Comedy, War
- Cyril Frankel
- 1965-01-27
Learn the meaning and origin of the phrase 'on the fiddle', which means engaged in a fraud or cheating. Find out how it relates to Nero, sailors, violins and American slang.
On the Fiddle (U.S. titles Operation Snafu and Operation War Head) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kathleen Harrison, Victor Maddern and John Le Mesurier.
Find out who starred in the British comedy film On the Fiddle, based on a novel by R.F. Delderfield. See the full list of actors, directors, writers, producers and more on IMDb.
38. 7.8K views 3 years ago. When he is pulled up in court for selling stuff on the street, Horace Pope says he was only doing it while waiting to enlist. The judge calls his bluff and forces him to...
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Harold Buchman. Screenplay. 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.
Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch) is just an everyday street peddler when the authorities pick him up for practicing his trade. Not wanting to go to jail, Pope...
- Comedy
