Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.
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Captain von Krisling -
Finch -
Brown -
Elsa -
Ackroyd -
Bolter -
Meister -
Mortimer -
Lieutenant Babbington -
Schmidt -
Voss
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Director:
George PollockWriters:
Jack Davies (screenplay), Ronald Holroyd (adapted from an original radio play), Michael Corston (adapted from an original radio play)All Cast & Crew
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Trivia
Val Guest and Robert Day were asked to direct.
Quotes
Krisling:
One may not like the French people but one cannot help appreciating their wine.
Goofs
The U-53, which is shown arriving to effect the rescue of the Germans late in the War, had been sunk by the British destroyer HMS Gurkha west of the Orkney Islands in February 1940. The same fictionalised name was used for a late-WWII U-boat in another 1950s British film, The Cruel Sea (1953).
Crazy Credits
Opening credits prologue: NORTH AFRICA 1943
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Plot Summary
Genres
Comedy | WarDetails
Release Date:
November 1959Language
English, German, Italian
Country of Origin
UKFilming Locations
Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UKBox Office
Budget:
GBP75,000 (estimated)
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