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69% Critic Match
On the Double
“You'll double up laughing when you see Mr. Fun On The Run!”
6.9 / 10• 1961• 1h 32m•NR• English
WarComedy
Storyline
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 & Crew
Danny Kaye
Ernie Williams
Lead
Dana Wynter
Margaret MacKenzie-Smith
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Colonel Somerset
Margaret Rutherford
Lady Vivian
Diana Dors
Bridget Stanhope
Allan Cuthbertson
Captain Patterson
Jesse White
Joseph Praeger
Gregory Walcott
Rock Houston
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Melville Shavelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. On the Double is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
