Fiddlers Three (1944)
October 1, 1944Release Date
Fiddlers Three (1944)
October 1, 1944Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Tommy Trinder
Tommy Taylor
Frances Day
Poppaea
Frances Day
Poppaea
Sonnie Hale
The Professor
Diana Decker
Lydia
Francis L. Sullivan
Nero
Elisabeth Welch
Nora
Harry Watt
Director
Angus MacPhail
Writer
Mary Clare
Volumnia
Diana Morgan
Writer
Andrew Mitchell
Writer
Ernest Milton
Titus
Frederick Piper
Auctioneer
Michael Balcon
Producer
Wilkie Cooper
Cinematographer
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Fiddlers Three is a 1944 British black-and-white musical comedy. It includes a number of musical sections, mainly focussing on replacing the word "home" with "Rome". The film was produced by Michael Balcon and directed by Harry Watt. The cast included Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Frances Day, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Decker and Elisabeth Welch. Making their film debuts were James Robertson Justice, and Kay Kendall near the bottom of the cast list, as the "Girl Who Asks About Her Future At Orgy". The film follows the adventures of two sailors and a Wren who are struck by lightning and transported back to Ancient Rome, where they are accepted as seers.
The title comes from the nursery rhyme "Old King Cole".
The film was called While Nero Fiddled on its USA release. It is a loose sequel to the 1940 film Sailors Three which had also starred Trinder. The film was only moderately successful at the British Box Office but proved to be a major hit in Australia.