The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...
Ratings
IMDb4/10
46 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerald ThomasDirector
- Jack SeddonScreenplay
- David PursallScreenplay
Cast
- Kenneth ConnorCaptain S. Melly
- Windsor DaviesSergeant Major "Tiger" Bloomer
- Judy GeesonSergeant Tilly Willing
- Patrick MowerSergeant Leonard Able
- Jack DouglasBombardier Ready
- Joan SimsPrivate Jennifer Ffoukes-Sharpe
- Melvyn HayesGunner Shorthouse
- Peter ButterworthMajor Carstairs
- Peter JonesBrigadier
- Diane LangtonPrivate Alice Easy
- Julian HollowayMajor Butcher
- David LodgeCaptain Bull