On the Double

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.

Date of release
1961-05-19
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (20)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
War, Comedy
Director
Melville Shavelson

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

After making The Five Pennies Danny Kaye, Mel Shalvelson and Jack Rose decided they wanted to make a straight comedy, "a picture that had no message at all."

Background filming took place in London in August 1960. Dana Wynter was borrowed from 20th Century Fox. The movie started shooting in Los Angeles in November. Diana Dors had recently relocated to Hollywood.

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