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On the Fiddle: Directed by Cyril Frankel. With Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern, Harry Locke. During World War II, a street peddler invents a story about enlisting, which convinces the magistrate to send him to the RAF instead of prison.
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- Comedy, War
- Cyril Frankel
- 1965-01-27
What's the origin of the phrase 'On the fiddle'? ‘Fiddling’ is usually meant to mean ‘cheating in a petty way’, perhaps falsifying one’s expenses or not declaring all of one’s taxable income. Of course, a fiddle is also a slang term for violin.
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.
ON THE FIDDLE (1961) Theatrical Trailer - Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Victor Maddern. When he is pulled up in court for selling stuff on the street, Horace Pope says he was only doing it...
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Engaged in deceitful, fraudulent, or dishonest means of obtaining money. My career will be over if anyone ever finds out I was on the fiddle during my time as the company treasurer. There are always politicians on the fiddle, looking for ways to use their positions of power to earn a bit more money.
Being on the fiddle means being corrupt or getting more than you should from the system. It is a nautical term which refers to the raised edges of the square dinner plates used on board ships. The raised edges (known as fiddles) prevented the food from sliding or rolling off during rough seas.
Sep 6, 2020 · A short clip from the film On the Fiddle (1961) featuring a young Patsy Rowlands and a pre-Bond Sean Connery.
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