The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
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| The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn |
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| Directed by | Joseph Sterling |
| Produced by | Harry Booth Michael Deeley Jon Penington |
| Written by | Harry Booth Jon Penington Larry Stephens Peter Sellers Spike Milligan |
| Starring | Peter Sellers Spike Milligan Dick Emery |
| Music by | Edwin Astley |
| Cinematography | Brian Rhodes |
| Release date(s) | 1956 |
| Running time | 27 min. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn is a 30 minute comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Dick Emery. The film was made in November 1955, and released in 1956.[1][2]
Supposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a London museum. Along the way he meets characters not dissimilar to Eccles, Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister from The Goon Show.
This attempt to adapt Goon humour to the big screen was written by Harry Booth, Jon Penington and regular Goon show co-writer Larry Stephens. It was then heavily rewritten on the filmset by Sellers and Milligan. Emery replaced Harry Secombe, who was unavailable.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ Scudamore, Pauline (1985). Spike Milligan: A Biography.. London: Granada. ISBN 0-246-12275-7. p.173. Scudamore states the film was made by Richard Lester, but it is not clear from other sources that this was the case
- ^ Lewis, Roger (1995). The Life and Death of Peter Sellers.. London: Arrow Books. ISBN 0-09-974700-6.
[edit] External links
- The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn at the Internet Movie Database
- The Case of the
Mukkinese Battle Horn at AllRovi - Entire script for The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
- The Goons films at The Goon Show website
- The Goons films at The Telegoons website
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