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	* [[Gerald Case]] as Medical Board Officer - (uncredited)		* [[Gerald Case]] as Medical Board Officer - (uncredited)
	* Ernst Ulman as German Sergeant		* Ernst Ulman as German Sergeant
	* [[John Wood (English actor)]] as Duty Officer, War Office		* [[John Wood (English actor)\|John Wood]] as Duty Officer, War Office
	* [[Richard Marner]] as German Soldier (uncredited)		* [[Richard Marner]] as German Soldier (uncredited)
	* Bernard Hunter as Coding Officer, War Office		* Bernard Hunter as Coding Officer, War Office

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	\| starring = [[Bill Travers]]<br>[[Spike Milligan]]		\| starring = [[Bill Travers]]<br>[[Spike Milligan]]
	\| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]		\| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
	\| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]<br>[[Gerald Moss]]		\| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]<br>Gerald Moss
	\| editing = Ernest Walter		\| editing = Ernest Walter
	\| studio =		\| studio =

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	==Reception==		==Reception==
	According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation \| title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger \| publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study \| place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>		According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation \| title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger \| publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study \| place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>

	~~==See also==~~
	*''[[Two Men Went to War]]''

	==References==		==References==

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	{{Infobox film		{{Infobox film
	\| ~~name~~ = Invasion Quartet		\| image = Invasion Quartet.jpg
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	\| caption = Original [[film poster]] by [[Ronald Searle]]		\| caption = Original [[film poster]] by [[Ronald Searle]]
	\| producer = [[Ronald Kinnoch]]		\| producer = [[Ronald Kinnoch]]
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	==External links==		==External links==
	* {{IMDb title\|0055020\|Invasion Quartet}}		* {{IMDb title\|0055020\|Invasion Quartet}}

	~~{{Jay Lewis}}~~

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{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Invasion Quartet
| image = Iqpos.jpg
| caption = Original [[film poster]] by [[Ronald Searle]]
| producer = [[Ronald Kinnoch]]
| director = [[Jay Lewis]]
| writer = [[Jack Trevor Story]]<br>[[John Briley]]<br>Norman Collins (story)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Bill Travers]]<br>[[Spike Milligan]]
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]<br>[[Gerald Moss]]
| editing = Ernest Walter
| studio =
| distributor = [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]
| released = September 1961
| runtime = 91 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}

'''''Invasion Quartet''''' is a 1961 British World War II [[comedy-drama film]] that was publicised as a parody of ''[[The Guns of Navarone (film)|The Guns of Navarone]]''.<ref>Weiler, A. H. ''New York Times'' film review 11 December 1961</ref> 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 abscond from 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 (British soldier)|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
* [[Alexander Archdale]] as Brigadier, War Office
* [[Gerald Case]] as Medical Board Officer - (uncredited)
* Ernst Ulman as German Sergeant
* [[John Wood (English actor)]] as Duty Officer, War Office
* [[Richard Marner]] as German Soldier (uncredited)
* Bernard Hunter as Coding Officer, War Office

==Reception==
According to MGM records, the film made a loss of $119,000.<ref name="Mannix">{{Citation | title = The Eddie Mannix Ledger | publisher = Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study | place = Los Angeles}}.</ref>

==See also==
*''[[Two Men Went to War]]''

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0055020|Invasion Quartet}}

{{Jay Lewis}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:1961 comedy-drama films]]
[[Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on military novels]]
[[Category:British World War II films]]
[[Category:British war films]]
[[Category:1960s war adventure films]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by John Briley]]
[[Category:Films shot at MGM-British Studios]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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