Invasion Quartet

Invasion Quartet
Original film poster by Ronald Searle
Directed by	Jay Lewis
Produced by	Ronald Kinnoch
Written by	Jack Trevor Story John Briley Norman Collins (story)
Starring	Bill Travers Spike Milligan
Music by	Ron Goodwin
Cinematography	Geoffrey Faithfull Gerald Moss
Edited by	Ernest Walter
Distributed by	Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release dates	September 1961
Running time	91 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy/drama that was publicised as a parody of The Guns of Navarone.^[1] It was directed by Jay Lewis and starred Bill Travers and Spike Milligan.

Plot

Two wounded officers, one British and one French are deemed unfit and surplus to requirements. They leave their hospital and together with an explosives expert suffering from mental illness and a Colonel thought too old to serve in the Army make their way to France to destroy a long range German artillery piece.

The plot has similarities to the exploits of Commando Sgt Peter King and Pte Leslie Cuthbertson.

Cast

Bill Travers as Freddie Oppenheimer
Spike Milligan as Godfrey Pringle
Grégoire Aslan as Debrie
John Le Mesurier as Colonel
Thorley Walters as Cummings
Maurice Denham as Dr. Barker
Thelma Ruby as Matron
Millicent Martin as Kay
Cyril Luckham as Col. Harbottle
William Mervyn as Naval Officer
Peter Swanwick as Gun Commander

Reception

According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.^[2]

References

↑ Weiler, A. H. New York Times film review 11 December 1961
↑ The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .

External links

Invasion Quartet at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Jay Lewis

The Baby and the Battleship (1956) Invasion Quartet (1961) A Home of Your Own (1964)

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