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On the Double

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

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.

Top Cast

  • Danny Kaye

    Danny Kaye

    Pfc. Ernie Williams

  • Dana Wynter

    Dana Wynter

    Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith

  • Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Wilfrid Hyde-White

    Colonel Somerset

  • Margaret Rutherford

    Margaret Rutherford

    Lady Vivian

  • Diana Dors

    Diana Dors

    Sergeant Bridget Stanhope

  • Allan Cuthbertson

    Allan Cuthbertson

    Captain Patterson

  • Jesse White

    Jesse White

    Corporal Joseph Praeger

  • Gregory Walcott

    Gregory Walcott

    Colonel Rock Houston

  • Terence de Marney

    Terence de Marney

    Sergeant Colin Twickenham

Overview

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.

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