Desert Mice

Desert Mice (1959)

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.

Date of release
1959-01-05
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 21m
Genres
Comedy, War
Director
Michael Relph

Casting

Interesting facts

Desert Mice is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Michael Relph and starring Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and Liz Fraser. The screenplay was by David Climie. A group of ENSA entertainers with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan. The title is a play on the Desert Rats.

Production

The film was made through Sydney Box Associates, who had a deal with the Rank Organisation. The movie was produced through Welbeck Film Distributors, one of Box's companies. Among the other films it made for Rank at this time were The Night We Dropped a Clanger, Too Young to Love, Faces in the Dark and Conscience Bay.

The original title was Every Night Something Awful, which was a joke alternative meaning for ENSA. Filming took place in September 1959. The title was changed to Desert Mice in October 1959.

In one of the lorries a photo of football player Dave Mackay is visible. While the film is set during the Second World War, Mackay did not start his professional football career until 1952.

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