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Don't Panic Chaps!

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5.6/10 • 7

1959-01-011h 25m

WarComedy

Why fight a war when there are bigger things at stake…

During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits come across four German soldiers holed up in a monastery. The Brits and the Germans agree to a truce, sharing the monastery together until either the British or German troops arrive. But when a shipwrecked Slavic girl ends up on the island, a battle over her erupts amongst the men.

Directors
George Pollock
Writters
Michael Corston, Ronald Holroyd, Jack Davies
Editors
Michael Corston, Ronald Holroyd, Harry Aldous

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Dennis Price

    Dennis Price

  2. George Cole

    George Cole

  3. Thorley Walters

    Thorley Walters

  4. Harry Fowler

    Harry Fowler

    Ackroyd

  5. Nadja Regin

    Nadja Regin

    Elsa

  6. Nicholas Phipps

    Nicholas Phipps

    Mortimer

  7. Percy Herbert

    Percy Herbert

    Bolter

  8. George Murcell

    George Murcell

    Meister

  9. Gertan Klauber

    Gertan Klauber

    Schmidt

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John Chard

Jul 24, 2014

6/10

Force X. Don’t Panic Chaps is directed by George Pollock and adapted to screenplay by Jack Davies from the Radio Play written by R.G. Holroyd and M.G. Corston. It stars Dennis Price, George Cole, Thorley Walters, Terence Alexander, Nadja Regin and Percy Herbert. Music is by Philip Green and cinematography by Arthur Graham. Blimey! What a war, the Battle of the Sunbathers. Amiable and pleasant British comedy that finds a small group of Brit soldiers commissioned to a remote Mediterranean island during WWII. However, when they encounter a small group of German soldiers holed up in a monastery they are offered a truce by the German commander and begin to live peaceably. That is until a gorgeous woman is washed ashore… Underwear from the Byzantine Period. The bickering and banter keeps the pic ticking along, Regin pops in to lower the testosterone levels, while the message about opposing sides being able to live in harmony is a good ‘un. It’s never uproariously funny and Cole’s buffoon act wears thin long before the finale, but there is enough good here to warrant it a good time waster rating. 6/10

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Original Language
English
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