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6.4/10 • 8

1972-12-141h 32m

ComedyWar

DANNY LA RUE has a secret weapon to win the war in his first film!

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.

Directors
Bob Kellett
Editors
David Campling

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  1. Danny La Rue

    Danny La Rue

    Fred Wimbush

  2. Alfred Marks

    Alfred Marks

    General Brincker

  3. Lance Percival

    Lance Percival

    Smallpiece

  4. Lally Bowers

    Lally Bowers

    Miss Flodden

  5. Frances de la Tour

    Frances de la Tour

    Miss Lockhart

  6. Walter Gotell

    Walter Gotell

    Schmidt

  7. Kristin Hatfield

    Kristin Hatfield

    Hilary (as Kristin Hatfeild)

  8. Jenny Twigge

    Jenny Twigge

    Judith

  9. Vanessa Furse

    Vanessa Furse

    Prunella

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dennyjt

Aug 1, 2022

2/10

La Rue was the UK's pre-eminent drag artist of the era and this was his only movie. This is a farce set in France in the early days of World War 2, as Germany invades and soldier La Rue, a third-rate music hall performer before being drafted, finds himself separated from his unit, in full female attire. He finds refuge in a girl's school (with only 5 pupils!) headed by mannish Bowers and her assistant de la Tour, channelling Joyce Grenfell, and keeps up his disguise. Plenty of double entendres and light-hearted banter about rape, but not a trace of wit. La Rue makes a hideous woman, although every man here lusts after him. Percival is an RAF officer and Marks the local Kommandant but add little. The girls have to pose as whores to get past the Nazis, before an action escape scene that momentarily lifts the mood.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
world war iigay interestcross dressingdrag1940soccupied france (1940-44)female impersonatordrag showgirl guides