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{{Short description|1975 film by Robert Stevenson}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
| image = one_of_our_dinosaurs_is_missing_movie_poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Robert Stevenson (director)|Robert Stevenson]]
| writer = [[Bill Walsh (producer)|Bill Walsh]]
| based_on = ''[[The Great Dinosaur Robbery]]'' by {{nowrap|[[David Forrest (pseudonym)|David Forrest]]}}
| producer = Bill Walsh
| starring = [[Peter Ustinov]]<br>[[Helen Hayes]]<br>[[Clive Revill]]<br>[[Derek Nimmo]]
| cinematography = [[Paul Beeson]]
| editing = Peter Boita
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| studio = [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]]
| distributor = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution]]
| released = {{Film date|1975|7|9}}
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = United Kingdom<br>United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = $5.5 million (North American rentals)<ref>"All-time Film Rental Champs", ''Variety'', 7 January 1976 p 46</ref>
}}
'''''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing''''' is a 1975 [[comedy film]] which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a [[dinosaur]] [[skeleton]] from the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]. The film was produced by [[Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Productions]] and released by [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Buena Vista Distribution Company]]. The title is a parody of the film title ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'', in which both [[Peter Ustinov]] and [[Hugh Burden]] also appeared. The film was based on the 1970 novel ''[[The Great Dinosaur Robbery]]'' by [[David Forrest (pseudonym)|David Forrest]] (pseudonym of David Eliades and Robert Forrest Webb).

==Plot==
Escaping from [[China]] with a [[microfilm]] of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Edward Southmere, a [[Queen's Messenger|Kings Messenger]], is chased by a group of Chinese spies.

Back in [[London]], Lord Southmere manages to escape from a [[chauffeur]] who is trying to kidnap him and then runs into the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]]. Chinese spies, led by Hnup Wan, follow him, so he hides the microfilm in the bones of one of the large dinosaur skeletons. He is relieved to meet his former nanny, Hettie, in the museum, and asks her to retrieve the microfilm. Southmere then faints and is captured by the Chinese, who tell Hettie and Emily (another nanny) that they are taking him to a doctor.

Hettie and Emily enlist other nannies to help them search. They hide in the mouth of the [[blue whale]] display until after closing time and then begin looking over the skeleton of a ''[[Brontosaurus]]''. They are unsuccessful and most of them have to return home to care for their children, but Hettie, Emily and their friend Susan remain to continue with the search. They are captured and taken to the spies' London headquarters, underneath a Chinese restaurant in Soho. The nannies are locked up in the 'dungeon', with Lord Southmere, but are able to outwit their captors and escape.

Meanwhile, the spies have decided to steal the dinosaur, so that they can search it properly. That night, they trick their way into the museum. The three nannies follow on a motorbike and sidecar and watch from the shadows. After the Chinese load the ''Brontosaurus'' skeleton on the back of their [[Traction engine#Steam wagon|steam lorry]], the nannies steal the vehicle. The spies give chase through the foggy streets of London in their [[charabanc]] and a [[Daimler Company|Daimler]] limousine, but the nannies drive into a railway goods yard, onto a flat wagon at the back of a train, and are carried off to safety.

The nannies fail to find the microfilm on the skeleton. Meanwhile, back in London, Hettie's two young charges, Lord Castlebury and his younger brother, Truscott, have been captured by the spies. They inform the spies about the possibility that what they are looking for is on another dinosaur skeleton. The spies go to the museum and the Wan finds the microfilm from the ''other'' large dinosaur, a ''[[Diplodocus]]'' skeleton. Wan promptly pays the boys off and lets them go. They tell Hettie the news.

Realising that Lord Southmere is now in danger, Hettie organises a rescue. Hettie and her team of nannies invade the Chinese restaurant base and battle with the spies over Lord Southmere. Meanwhile, Emily and Susan return with the ''Brontosaurus'' skeleton by crashing the lorry into the restaurant. Southmere is given the microfilm and he shows Wan what is in the microfilm; a simple recipe of [[Wonton|Wonton soup]]. Southmere explains that he tried explaining he was a mere businessman and that the microfilm was a recipe. Realising the error of his ways, Wan advertises the soup in the microfilm recipe and makes peace with the nannies.

==Cast==
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*[[Derek Nimmo]] as Lord Southmere
*[[Hugh Burden]] as Haines
*[[Bernard Bresslaw]] as Fan Choy
*[[Helen Hayes]] as Hettie
*[[Joan Sims]] as Emily
*[[Deryck Guyler]] as Harris
*[[Peter Ustinov]] as Hnup Wan
*[[Clive Revill]] as Quon
*[[Molly Weir]] as Scots nanny
*[[Andrew Dove]] as Lord Castleberry
*[[Max Harris (actor)|Max Harris]] as Truscott
*[[Max Wall]] as Juggler
*[[Natasha Pyne]] as Susan
*[[Joss Ackland]] as B.J. Spence
*[[Arthur Howard]] as Thumley
*[[Roy Kinnear]] as Superintendent Grubbs
*[[Leonard Trolley]] as Inspector Eppers
*[[Joe Ritchie (actor)|Joe Ritchie]] as Cabbie
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*[[Percy Herbert (actor)|Percy Herbert]] as Mr. Gibbons
*[[Joan Hickson]] as Mrs. Gibbons
*[[John Laurie]] as Jock
*[[Angus Lennie]] as Hamish
*[[Jon Pertwee]] as Colonel
*[[Kathleen Byron]] as Colonel's wife
*[[Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919)|Lucy Griffiths]] as Amelia
*[[Aimée Delamain]] as Millicent
*[[John Bardon]] as Bookmaker
*[[Jane Lapotaire]] as Miss Prescott
*[[Richard Pearson (actor)|Richard Pearson]] as Sir Geoffrey
*[[Michael Elwyn]] as Haycock
*[[Anthony Sharp]] as Home Secretary
*[[Wensley Pithey]] as Bromley
*[[Frank Williams (actor)|Frank Williams]] as Dr. Freemo
*[[Peter Madden (actor)|Peter Madden]] as Sanders
*[[Erik Chitty]] as Museum guard
*[[Amanda Barrie]] as Mrs. B.J. Spence
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==About the book==
The book on which the film was based, ''[[The Great Dinosaur Robbery]]'', was aimed at an adult audience by its authors, Robert Forrest Webb and David Eliades, and was set in New York. The authors, both very experienced U.K. national journalists and best-selling authors, extensively researched material in New York and were greatly assisted by the [[American Museum of Natural History]], which is situated alongside Central Park, and by the New York Police Department responsible for that area. The authors were disappointed that the humour of the film was aimed at a very much younger audience than that in the book, which had been published, in several languages, extremely successfully throughout Europe and also in Australia, New Zealand and the U.S..

==Production==
*This film was made on location in England at [[Elstree Studios (Shenley Road)|Elstree Studios]] and [[Pinewood Studios]], along with location shoots at [[London Zoo]], the [[Natural History Museum, London|Natural History Museum]] and around [[Windsor, Berkshire]] and Holyport Green, [[Maidenhead]].<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075016/locations One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing - Filming Locations www.imdb.com]</ref>
*The ''Diplodocus'' skeleton model was later used in ''[[Star Wars (film)|Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope]]'', in the opening scenes in the Tunisian desert.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Chris |date=2015-12-07 |title=Unions, eccentrics and alcohol: the Brits who built Star Wars |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens/george-lucas-elstree-making-of-original-trilogy/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151207214415/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/film/star-wars-the-force-awakens/george-lucas-elstree-making-of-original-trilogy/ |archive-date=2015-12-07 |access-date=2022-07-10 |website=The Telegraph}}</ref>
* Whilst this film was in production, Bernard Bresslaw and Joan Sims also appeared in ''[[Carry On Behind]]'', another film being made at Pinewood Studios alongside it.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://movies.disney.com/one-of-our-dinosaurs-is-missing}}
* {{IMDb title|0075016}}
* {{tcmdb title|85733|One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing}}
* {{Allmovie title|36461}}
* [http://www.timeout.com/film/66089.html One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing] - Time Out Film

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