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On the Fiddle
Original UK quad size poster
Directed by
Cyril Frankel
Screenplay by
Harold Buchman
Based on
Stop at a Winner by R.F. Delderfield
Produced by
Benjamin Fisz
Starring
Sean Connery
Alfred Lynch
Cecil Parker
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Stanley Holloway
Kathleen Harrison
Eleanor Summerfield
Eric Barker
Terence Longdon
Alan King
Cinematography
Edward Scaife
Edited by
Peter Hunt
Music by
Malcolm Arnold
Production company
Coronado Productions
Distributed by
Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
10 October 1961 (1961-10-10) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
On the Fiddle (U.S. titles Operation Snafu and Operation War Head) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kathleen Harrison, Victor Maddern and John Le Mesurier.[1] It was based on the 1961 novel Stop at a Winner by R.F. Delderfield who served in the RAF in World War II.
It was Sean Connery's tenth film and his first lead role, released the year before his big breakthrough as James Bond in the 1962 film Dr No.
^"On the Fiddle". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
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