On the Double

Name: On the Double
Director: Melville Shavelson
Genre: War, Comedy
Released: 1961-05-19
Duration: 92 min
Cast: Danny Kaye, Dana Wynter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Margaret Rutherford, Diana Dors

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1961 · 92 min · War · Comedy · TMDB 6.9/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Melville Shavelson

Cast

Danny Kaye — Ernie Williams
Dana Wynter — Margaret MacKenzie-Smith
Wilfrid Hyde-White — Colonel Somerset
Margaret Rutherford — Lady Vivian
Diana Dors — Bridget Stanhope