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Invasion Quartet: Directed by Jay Lewis. With Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, Grégoire Aslan, John Le Mesurier. Spike Milligan and his friends decide to go to occupied France to silence a large German gun that is firing across the channel.
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- Comedy, War
- Jay Lewis
- 1961-09
Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Bill Travers and Spike Milligan. It was publicised as a parody of The Guns of Navarone. The plot has similarities to the exploits of Commando Sgt Peter King and Pte Leslie Cuthbertson.
Four British soldiers infiltrate enemy territory to destroy a strategic artillery placement.
Invasion Quartet (1961) Major Freddie Oppenheimer (Bill Travers) – who has lost a leg – is in a British Army Rehabilitation Hospital in 1942 during the early days of the Second World War with Frenchman Major Pierre Debrie (Grégoire Aslan), who has lost a hand; the Colonel (John Le Mesurier), who has been deemed too old for active duty and ...
Invasion Quartet (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun.
Jun 18, 2018 · Injured officers (Bill Travers, Spike Milligan, John Le Mesurier) sneak out of a hospital and cross the English Channel to silence a Nazi cannon.
- Comedy
