Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.
Danny La Rue
Fred Wimbush
Alfred Marks
General Brincker
Lance Percival
Smallpiece
Lally Bowers
Miss Flodden
Frances de la Tour
Miss Lockhart
Walter Gotell
Schmidt
Kristin Hatfield
Hilary (as Kristin Hatfeild)
Jenny Twigge
Judith
Vanessa Furse
Prunella
Seretta Wilson
Elvira
Sophie Batchelor
Emma
John Barrard
Patron
Nancy Nevinson
Patron's Wife
Cyril Shaps
Doctor
Frank Thornton
British Colonel
André Maranne
Resistance Fighter (as Andre Maranne)
Barrie Gosney
Bertie
David Ellen
Bobby
Toni Palmer
Vendeuse
Jennifer Croxton
Jeanette
Anthony Sagar
RSM
Noel Coleman
Senior RAF Official
Peter Greenwell
Emcee
Agatha
Herself
Cyd Child
French Tart
Director
Bob Kellett
Screenplay
Hugh Leonard
Story
Ted Willis
August 1, 2022
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La Rue was the UK's pre-eminent drag artist of the era and this was his only movie. This is a farce set in France in the early days of World War 2, as Germany invades and soldier La Rue, a third-rate music hall performer before being drafted, finds himself separated from his unit, in full female attire. He finds refuge in a girl's school (with only 5 pupils!) headed by mannish Bowers and her assistant de la Tour, channelling Joyce Grenfell, and keeps up his disguise. Plenty of double entendres and light-hearted banter about rape, but not a trace of wit. La Rue makes a hideous woman, although every man here lusts after him. Percival is an RAF officer and Marks the local Kommandant but add little. The girls have to pose as whores to get past the Nazis, before an action escape scene that momentarily lifts the mood.
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00