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Our Miss Fred
Our Miss Fred

6.4

Our Miss Fred

NR·1972·92m

Summary

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.

Crew

Director

Bob Kellett

Screenplay

Hugh Leonard

Story

Ted Willis

Reviews

dennyjt

dennyjt

August 1, 2022

2

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.

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Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Keywords

world war ii
cross dressing
drag
1940s
occupied france (1940-44)
female impersonator
drag show
girl guides