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The Cuckoo Patrol

"Get to Grips with a Riot of Fun!"

Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

Top Cast

  • Freddie Garrity

    Freddie Garrity

    Himself

  • Kenneth Connor

    Kenneth Connor

    Wick

  • Victor Maddern

    Victor Maddern

    Dicko

  • John Le Mesurier

    John Le Mesurier

    Gibbs

  • Arthur Mullard

    Arthur Mullard

    Yossie

  • Basil Dignam

    Basil Dignam

    Snodgrass

  • Michael Brennan

    Michael Brennan

    Superman No1

  • Neil McCarthy

    Neil McCarthy

    Superman No2

  • Peggy Ann Clifford

    Peggy Ann Clifford

    Scout Mistress

Overview

Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

Rating

4.6 / 10
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    4 May 29, 2023

    I actually felt a bit sorry for the "Freddie and the Dreamers" guys here as they play a troop of aged boy-scouts who find themselves embroiled with some petty crooks. Along the way, they have some "carry-on" style escapades that allow some surprising names - who should have known better - to pop up: John le Mesurier, Victor Maddern and Basil Dignam to name but three. I suppose the only one who emerges with anything akin to credibility is the sparsely used Kenneth Connor who is very much in character as their hapless scout leader. It's got plenty of the usual slapstick antics, and comes across much like a cheap and cheerful Norman Wisdom film, only with songs. That's the nadir just there - the title song and the few others that pepper the film are truly terrible (especially when sung in pyjamas). A fun ambush at the end raises the tempo ever so slightly, but sadly this is just a poorly conceived and executed flop of a film that can't ever have looked good - even on the storyboard/beer mat.

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