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Director
  
David Paltenghi

Music director
  
Stanley Black

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Cinematography
  
Arthur Grant

Language
  
English

Orders Are Orders movie poster
Writer
  
Geoffrey Orme
,
Donald Taylor
,
Eric Sykes

Release date
  
October 1954

Cast
  
Brian Reece
(Capt. Bill Harper),
Margot Grahame
(Wanda Sinclair),
Raymond Huntley
(Col. Fred Bellamy),
Sid James
(Ed Waggermeyer),
Tony Hancock
(Lt. Wilfred Cartroad),
Peter Sellers
(Pvt. Goffin)

Similar movies
  
Peter Sellers appears in Orders Are Orders and Soft Beds - Hard Battles

Chaos reigns when a movie company sets up headquarters in an army barracks.

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Orders Are Orders is a 1954 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, Donald Pleasence and Eric Sykes. It was a remake of the 1933 film Orders Is Orders.

Movie company wants to shoot a science-fiction film using an Army barracks as location, and its soldiers as actors. Of course, the Commander doesn't like it a bit, and persuades the crew to use a nearby haunted house instead.

Synopsis

A film production company decides to make a new science fiction film in an army barracks, using the soldiers as extras. This does not go down well with the commanding officer, who attempts to make life as difficult as possible for the film crew.

Cast

  • Brian Reece â€” Captain Harper
  • Margot Grahame â€” Wanda Sinclair
  • Raymond Huntley â€” Colonel Bellamy
  • Sid James â€” Ed Waggermeyer
  • Tony Hancock â€” Lieutenant Wilfred Cartroad
  • Peter Sellers â€” Private Goffin
  • Clive Morton â€” General Sir Cuthbert Grahame-Foxe
  • June Thorburn â€” Veronica Bellamy
  • Maureen Swanson â€” Joanne Delamere
  • Peter Martyn â€” Lieutenant Broke
  • Bill Fraser â€” Private Slee
  • Edward Lexy â€” Captain Ledger
  • Barry MacKay â€” RSM Benson
  • Donald Pleasence â€” Corporal Martin
  • Eric Sykes â€” Private Waterhouse
  • Leonard Williams  â€” Corporal Smithers
  • Media releases

    The film was released on region two DVD in 2007.

    Similar Movies

    Peter Sellers appears in Orders Are Orders and Soft Beds - Hard Battles. Peter Sellers appears in Orders Are Orders and Theres a Girl in My Soup. Peter Sellers appears in Orders Are Orders and John and Julie. Up in the World (1956). Sid James appears in Orders Are Orders and Double Bunk.

    Critical reception

  • TV Guide wrote, "except for a couple of decent comic performances, the good cast, including both Peter Sellers and Donald Pleasence in early roles, are wasted by the films haphazard construction."
  • Time Out wrote, "just about worth suffering to see Tony Hancock in his film debut as the harassed bandmaster."
  • References

    Orders Are Orders Wikipedia
    Orders Are Orders IMDb Orders Are Orders themoviedb.org