On the Double
6.4
“You'll double up laughing when you see Mr. Fun On The Run!”
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.
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Cast
14 people
Danny Kaye
Ernie Williams
Known for
White Christmas
The Court Jester
Dana Wynter
Margaret MacKenzie-Smith
Known for
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Airport
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Colonel Somerset
Known for
My Fair Lady
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Margaret Rutherford
Lady Vivian
Known for
Murder She Said
Chimes at Midnight
Diana Dors
Bridget Stanhope
Known for
Deep End
Berserk!
Allan Cuthbertson
Captain Patterson
Known for
Edge of Darkness
Fawlty Towers
Jesse White
Joseph Praeger
Known for
Harvey
The Bad Seed
Gregory Walcott
Rock Houston
Known for
Plan 9 from Outer Space
The Sugarland Express
Terence de Marney
Colin Twickenham
Known for
Die, Monster, Die!
23 Paces to Baker Street
Rex Evans
Carleton Brown Wiffingham
Known for
The Philadelphia Story
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Rudolph Anders
Oberkommandant
Known for
The Great Dictator
Magnificent Obsession
Edgar Barrier
Blankmeister
Known for
Phantom of the Opera
Macbeth
Melville Shavelson Director · Jack Rose Writer Leith Stevens Composer
United States release May 19, 1961 · Produced in United States · Production Paramount Pictures
Production
Dena Productions
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 19, 1961
Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 20, 1961 · Theatrical
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