Desert Mice
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| Directed by | Michael Relph |
| Written by | David Climie |
| Produced by | Basil Dearden |
| Starring | Alfred Marks Sid James Dora Bryan |
| Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
| Edited by | Reginald Beck |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 85 mins |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Desert Mice is a 1959 British comedy film featuring Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and Liz Fraser. A group of ENSA entertainers with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan. The title is a play on the Desert Rats.
Cast
- Alfred Marks as Major Poskett
- Sid James as Bert Bennett
- Dora Bryan as Gay Bennett
- Dick Bentley as Gavin O'Toole
- Joan Benham as Una O'Toole
- Reginald Beckwith as Fred
- Irene Handl as Miss Patch
- Kenneth Fortescue as Peter
- Patricia Bredin as Susan
- Liz Fraser as Edie
- Marius Goring as German Major
- Anthony Bushell as Plunkett
- George Rose as Popados
- Alan Tilvern as German Captain
- John Le Mesurier as Staff Colonel
There is one big gaffe in the film, when in one of the lorry journies you see a photo of Dave Mckay, of Spurs, stuck on the lorry canopy; clearly it dates from the 1959 period of the film , and not WW2, as 1959 was when McKay began playing for Spurs Football team
External links
- Desert Mice at IMDb
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