What a Whopper (1961)
1h 30m
Running Time
October 17, 1961Release Date
Plot.
A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.
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Cast & Crew.
Adam Faith
Tony Blake
Carole Lesley
Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner
Terence Longdon
Vernon
Marie France Dousset
Marie
Freddie Frinton
Gilbert Pinner
Sid James
Harry Sutton
Charles Hawtrey
Arnold
Clive Dunn
Mr. Slate
Spike Milligan
Tramp
Wilfrid Brambell
Postie
Terry Scott
Sergeant
Fabia Drake
Mrs Pinner
Harold Berens
Sammy
Ewan Roberts
Jimmy
Archie Duncan
MacDonald
Jeremy Lloyd
Writer
Gordon Rollings
Doone
Lloyd Reckord
Jojo
Laurie Johnson
Composer
Reginald H. Wyer
Cinematographer
Lance Percival
Policeman at Roundabout
Bernard Gribble
Editor
Molly Weir
Teacher
Betty White
CastingDirector
Fyfe Robertson
Self
John Stevenson Lang
Crofter
Alastair Hunter
1st Scot
Alan Casley
2nd Scot
Frank Forsyth
3rd Scot
Trevor Peacock
Barrow Boy (uncredited)
Amanda Barrie
Chelsea Girl (uncredited)
George Hilsdon
Monster Maker (uncredited)
Peter Greenspan
Freddy (uncredited)
Graham Stuart
Lover (uncredited)
Eileen Gourlay
Lover (uncredited)
Gilbert Gunn
Director
Edward Joseph
Producer
Terry Nation
Writer
Details.
Release DateOctober 17, 1961
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 30m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
scotland
writer
photograph
sculptor
fake
scottish highlands
loch ness
loch ness monster
Wiki.
What a Whopper is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Gilbert Gunn. It was written by Terry Nation, from a story by Jeremy Lloyd and Trevor Peacock. Pop singer Adam Faith stars as a writer who travels with some friends to Scotland to fake a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster.
The cast includes Wilfrid Brambell as a local postman, Sid James, Charles Hawtrey and Terry Scott. The TV reporter Fyfe Robertson appears briefly as himself, covering the alleged sightings of the monster.
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