When German V1 rockets start to fall on England, Air Vice Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser (Cecil Parker) insists there is only one man for the job – the celebrated and much bemedalled suave secret service man, Wing Commander Blenkinsop (Brian Rix, the star of the successful Whitehall theatre farces).
A daring masterplan is hatched to send a double of the Wing Commander to North Africa while he secretly flies to France.
The fate of the project, indeed of Britain, depends on the double – Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood (also Brian Rix), presently on latrine duties somewhere in England.
Needless to say, the plans get mixed up, and the incompetent Atwood parachutes into France and leads the secret mission, while the real agent is sent to Cairo as a decoy.
The run-of-the-mill comedy – a poor-mans parody of I Was Monty’s Double – is rescued by a number of brief cameos from William Hartnell, Leslie Phillips, Liz Fraser (in an eye-popping performance as a nightclub singer), Hattie Jacques and Irene Handl.
Released in the USA as Make Mine a Double.
Aircraftsman Arthur Atwood/Wing Commander Blenkinsop
Brian Rix
Air Vice Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
Cecil Parker
Warrant Officer Bright
William Hartnell
Squadron Leader Thomas
Leslie Phillips
Belling
Leo Franklyn
Squadron Leader Grant
John Welsh
Flight Lieutenant Spendal
Toby Perkins
Madame Grilby
Vera Pearce
Lulu
Liz Fraser
General Gimble
Charles Cameron
Air Marshal Carruthers
Julian D’Albie
Admiral Bewdly
Arthur Brough
Air Commodore Turner
Oliver Johnston
Ada
Hattie Jacques
Ricky
John Langham
Smythe
Roland Bartrop
WAAF Hawkins
Sarah Branch
Hammerstein
Denis Shaw
Fritz
Patrick Cargill
Corporal Parker
Keith Banks
Wing Commander Jones
Arnold Bell
Wing Commander Priestly
David Williams
AC2 Briggs
Andrew Sachs
Mrs Billingsgate
Irene Handl
Butler
David Stoll
Monty’s Double
Geoffrey Denys
Director
Darcy Conyers