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Wartime spy comedy starring Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson and Valerie Hobson. Scotland Yard's Major Hammond (Richardson) is called in to investigate the disappearance of several missing British planes. Teaming up with dashing pilot Tony McVane (Olivier), Hammond discovers that enemy agents are bringing down the aircraft with a powerful ray, projected from a ship in the Atlantic. When McVane too is abducted from the skies, Hammond has to speed to his rescue.
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Major Hammond of Scotland Yard (Ralph Richardson) is called to investigate the mysterious disappearance of prototype British aeroplanes when on their test flights. At first Hammond is seen as an outsider at the factory, but he soon finds a friend in star pilot Tony McVane (Laurence Olivier) who helps him try to unravel the case. Hammond becomes convinced that the company secretary at the factory, Jenkins (George Curzon) is a foreign agent and follows him to London. Meanwhile, the mystery still remains unsolved when Tony returns to the aircraft factory, determined to make the next test flight.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A somewhat complex and extremely enjoyable mystery over who is stealing the advanced prototype aircraft all over the world. It derives from the premise that resulted in RDF/Radar, that of a beam which could stop engines in flight. A salvage ship of an un-named but Teutonic sounding power is conveniently present at each test site where an aircraft is lost, and it is up to Major Charles Hammond (Ralph Richardson) of the Air Ministry to discover the reason, he is assisted in this endeavour by Olivier as Tony McVane and alternately helped and hindered by his (Hammond's) sister Kay Lawrence played by Valerie Hobson. Complete with a shoot-out on the salvage ship, all is eventually well and consistently funny.
Directed by an American, Tim Whelan, and co-written by Jack Whittingham author of a couple of later James Bond scripts. Reputedly dialogue between the principals is full of ad-libs and improvisation.
Try to keep track of Major Hammond's umbrella, and his girlfriend.
Rob Boyter
Directed by an American, Tim Whelan, and co-written by Jack Whittingham author of a couple of later James Bond scripts. Reputedly dialogue between the principals is full of ad-libs and improvisation.
Try to keep track of Major Hammond's umbrella, and his girlfriend.
Rob Boyter
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By A. W. Wilson
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A lovely, quirky, most enjoyable film, with the prototype for John Steed (see the film). Print and sound good considering the age, and price just right. BUT...Please can anyone out there tell me how to get rid of the subtitles? Whatever I do just doesn't work. Has anyone else had the same experience? Genuine question. Thanks.
By B. Cooper
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...and I'm happy to watch it several more times. I thought Olivier's character was a bit wet, but Richardson's is hilarious. Apart from his influence on John Steed, the plot could also have come out of The Avengers.
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