On the Double

Melville Shavelson
1961-05-19

You'll double up laughing when you see Mr. Fun On The Run!
6.9
92 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Danny Kaye Pfc. Ernie Williams Unowned
Dana Wynter Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith Unowned
Wilfrid Hyde-White Colonel Somerset Unowned
Margaret Rutherford Lady Vivian Unowned
Diana Dors Sergeant Bridget Stanhope Unowned
Allan Cuthbertson Captain Patterson Unowned
Jesse White Corporal Joseph Praeger Unowned
Gregory Walcott Colonel Rock Houston Unowned
Terence de Marney Sergeant Colin Twickenham Unowned
Rex Evans General Carleton Brown Wiffingham Unowned
Rudolph Anders Oberkommandant Unowned
Edgar Barrier Blankmeister Unowned
Pamela Light Mrs. Somerset Unowned
Ben Astar General Zlinkov Unowned