On the Fiddle
1961Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
Acted in
Alfred Lynch
as Horace Pope
Sean Connery
as Pedlar Pascoe
Cecil Parker
as Group Capt. Bascombe
Stanley Holloway
as Mr. Cooksley
Alan King
as Top Sgt. Buzzer
Eric Barker
as Doctor
Barbara Windsor
as Mavis
Bill Owen
as Cpl. Gittens
John Le Mesurier
as Hixon
Kathleen Harrison
as Mrs. Cooksley
Wilfrid Hyde-White
as Trowbridge
Patsy Rowlands
as Evie
Terence Longdon
as Air Gunner
Lance Percival
as MacTaggart (Uncredited)
Kenneth J. Warren
as Dusty
Anton Rodgers
as Soldier in Canteen (Uncredited)
Jack Smethurst
as Dai Tovey
Victor Maddern
as 1st Airman
Harry Locke
as Huxtable
Graham Stark
as Sgt. Ellis
Harold Goodwin
as Corporal Reeves
Jean Aubrey
as Waaf Corporal
Alan King
as T/Sgt Buzzer
Marianne Stone
as Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Viola Keats
as Sister
Peter Sinclair
as Mr Pope
Edna Morris
as Lil
Thomas Heathcote
as Sergeant
Brian Weske
as Corporal
Jack Lambert
as Police Constable
Cyril Smith
as Ticket Collector
Cecil Parker
as Gr/Cpt Bascombe
Simon Lack
as Fl/Lt Baldwin
Eleanor Summerfield
as Flora McNaughton
Miriam Karlin
as Waaf Sergeant
Priscilla Morgan
as Gwynneth Tovey
Ian Whittaker
as Lancing
Stuart Saunders
as Sarge
Monte Landis
as Conductor
Toni Palmer
as Ivy
Neil Hallett
as 1st Australian
Ann Beach
as Iris
Beatrix Lehmann
as Lady Edith
Gary Cockrell
as U.S. Snowdrop
Michael Sarne
as German Officer
Timothy Bateson
as Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Liz Fraser
as Girl with Daisies (Uncredited)
Hugh Lloyd
as ARP Warden (Uncredited)
Philip Madoc
as Soldier (Uncredited)
Richard Hart
as P.O. Trumper