On the Double(1961)
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.
Movie: On the Double
Top 10 Billed Cast
Pfc. Ernie Williams
Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith
Colonel Somerset
Lady Vivian
Sergeant Bridget Stanhope
Captain Patterson
Corporal Joseph Praeger
Colonel Rock Houston
Sergeant Colin Twickenham
General Carleton Brown Wiffingham
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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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1961-05-19
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6.9
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You'll double up laughing when you see Mr. Fun On The Run!
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