The Night We Dropped a Clanger (1959)

Name: The Night We Dropped a Clanger
Genre: Comedy, Thriller, War & Politics
Released: 1959-10-10

1h 25m

Running Time

Plot.

The movie takes place during WWII. A dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa . An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.

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Details.

Release Date
October 10, 1959

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 25m

Genres
Comedy Thriller War & Politics

Last updated: 2025-02-10

This Movie Is About.

world war ii

british spy

double

Wiki.

The Night We Dropped a Clanger (released in the US as Make Mine a Double), is a 1959 black and white British comedy film directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Cecil Parker, William Hartnell and Leslie Phillips. It was written by John Chapman.

The title comes from the British expression "to drop a clanger", meaning to make a big mistake. It links in the title to the secondary meaning of "clang", the noise of a metallic object hitting the floor.

A British secret agent is sent on a secret operation in occupied France during the Second World War but a diversionary tactic turns into a farcical tale of mistaken identity.

Andrew Sachs made his film debut in a minor role.