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On the Double: Directed by Melville Shavelson. With Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford. At the time of the invasion of Normandy, an American soldier is asked to impersonate a British general in order to confuse German spies and assassins in London.
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- Adventure, Comedy, War
- Melville Shavelson
- 1961-10-26
A musical comedy with Danny Kaye in a dual role; A G.I. with weak eyes, weak stomach, and weak nerves and a hard-bitten British General whom the Nazis want to assassinate.
On the Double is a 1961 comedy film, directed by Melville Shavelson, who also wrote the screenplay with Jack Rose. It stars Danny Kaye who plays, as in many of his films, two roles — in this case, an American soldier and a British General.
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Margaret Rutherford overacts in a party scene, while Diana Dors seems included to provide a sexy bubble bath for the film's trailer. Wilfrid Hyde-White contributes a sarcastic narration spoofing serious films about military exploits.
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Overview. 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.
