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What a Whopper (1961)

1h 30m

Running Time

What a Whopper (1961)

Name: What a Whopper
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1961-10-17

1h 30m

Running Time

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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This Movie Is About.

scotland ·

writer ·

photograph ·

sculptor ·

fake ·

scottish highlands ·

loch ness ·

loch ness monster

Details.

Release Date
October 17, 1961

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 30m

Filming Locations
Pinewood Studios, United Kingdom

Genres
Comedy

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.