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
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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.
