nigelpn-smith

A film that hasn't "dated", a good script and full of all the reliable British actors of the time. Alfred Lynch is superb as the main RAF "spiv" charachter supported by a subdued Sean Connery. The US comparisons with Sgt Bilko are very valid and in the same way that Bilko had the strength in some brilliant minor cast members, so it is with "On the Fiddle". A really good "watch" for Sunday afternoon TV and although there are a few touches of "farce" around it captures the feeling of ordinary Service life towards the end of World War II extremely accurately. Alfred Lynch was a real class British actor who drew brilliantly on his East End background for many of his films. I was sad to hear of his untimely death just before Christmas (2003).

One long bore from start to finish. Trite dialogue, every cliched charachter and scenario you can cram into this zero-action "war" film. So many good actors in the cast, perhaps it was seen as a "statement" when it was filmed in 1963. Over long meaningless discussions between charachters as if they had something special to say, they didn't! 1 out of 10 for effort, a film to forget.