Invasion Quartet
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.
| Invasion Quartet | |
|---|---|
 Original film poster by Ronald Searle | |
| Directed by | Jay Lewis |
| Produced by | Ronald Kinnoch |
| Written by | Jack Trevor Story John Briley Norman Collins (story) |
| Starring | Bill Travers Spike Milligan |
| Music by | Ron Goodwin |
| Cinematography | Geoffrey Faithfull Gerald Moss |
| Edited by | Ernest Walter |
| Distributed by | Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
Release date | September 1961 |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
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
References
- Weiler, A. H. New York Times film review 11 December 1961
- The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
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