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{{Infobox film
| name = Operation Bullshine
| image = Operation Bullshine (movie poster).jpg

| caption = Original [[film poster]]
| director = [[Gilbert Gunn]]
| producer = Frank Godwin
| writer = [[Anne Burnaby]] <br /> Rupert Lang <br /> Gilbert Gunn
| narrator =
| starring = [[Donald Sinden]]<br />[[Barbara Murray]]<br />[[Carole Lesley]]
| music = [[Laurie Johnson]]
| cinematography = [[Gilbert Taylor]]
| editing = [[Edward B. Jarvis]]
| studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]]
| distributor = Associated British-Pathé
| released = {{Film date|1959|06|30|df=yes}}
| runtime = 84 mins.
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}
'''''Operation Bullshine''''' is a 1959 British colour [[comedy film]] directed by [[Gilbert Gunn]] and starring [[Donald Sinden]], [[Barbara Murray]] and [[Carole Lesley]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114022734/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/45250 BFI.org]</ref> The [[working title]] of the film was ''Girls in Arms'' that features as a marching song in the film.<ref>http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=557491&category=Notes {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2022}}</ref> Gunn had filmed ''[[Girls at Sea (1958 film)|Girls at Sea]]'' the previous year. The new title, based on an American euphemism for a very British word with the same meaning ([[bullshit]]e), comes from the frenzied activity preparing for their [[brigadier]]'s surprise inspection. The film features 1956 Olympic gold medallist [[Judy Grinham]] as a [[physical training instructor]].

The film was later also released in the US in 1963 by [[Seven Arts Productions]].

==Plot==
During World War II, a [[Royal Artillery]] officer is assigned to an [[anti-aircraft]] [[artillery battery|battery]] that is filled with female soldiers of the [[Auxiliary Territorial Service]]. His wife who has enlisted is mistakenly posted to the battery in violation of regulations of husbands and wives serving together in the same formation. She becomes jealous of what she perceives as his paying too much attention to the other Auxiliary Territorial Service women.

Lt Brown is encouraged to take time off with his wife. He does not get word to her but through various circumstances is nevertheless tracked down by her on the train home. However Gunner White has also tracked him down and arrives at his house. The major arrives for a visit soon after and chaos ensues.

Back at camp all areas are tidied in readiness for a visit from the brigadier. The brigadier is impressed but the visit is ruined when they discover Mr and Mrs Brown kissing in the kitchen. However, at the point of reprimand, a siren sounds, warning of the approach of a German aeroplane. They man the [[anti-aircraft gun]] and shoot it down. The pilot [[parachute]]s down and is pleased to be captured by the all-female force.

==Cast==
* [[Donald Sinden]] - Lieutenant Gordon Brown
* [[Barbara Murray]] - Private Betty Brown
* [[Carole Lesley]] - Private Marge White
* [[Ronald Shiner]] - Gunner Slocum
* [[Naunton Wayne]] - Major Pym
* [[Dora Bryan]] - Private Cox
* [[John Cairney]] - Gunner Willie Ross
* [[Fabia Drake]] - Junior Commander Maddox A.T.S.
* [[Joan Rice]] - Private Finch
* [[Daniel Massey (actor)|Daniel Massey]] - Bombardier Peter Palmer
* [[Peter Jones (actor)|Peter Jones]] - Gunner Perkins
* [[Barbara Hicks]] - Sergeant Merrifield
* [[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]] - Brigadier
* [[Judy Grinham]] - P.T. Instructress
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] - Orderly Sergeant
* [[Ambrosine Phillpotts]] - Reporter
* [[Naomi Chance]] as Subaltern Godfrey A.T.S.
* [[Marianne Stone]] as Sergeant Cook
* [[Harry Landis]] as Gunner Wilkinson
* [[Julie Alexander]] as A.T.S. Girl
* [[Dorinda Stevens]] as A.T.S. Girl
* [[Amanda Barrie]] as A.T.S. Girl

==Production==
Donald Sinden wrote in his memoirs:
<blockquote>A rather good comedy script on the subject of the ATS, with the ambiguous title of ''Girls in Arms'', was my next assignment. Many of my scenes were with my batman and I was not overjoyed when they told me that the part was to be played by Ronald Shiner: a nice enough chap but his comedy playing was of the broadest: there would be no chance of anything subtle. My heart sank even further when the title was changed to ''Operation Bullshine''. Apart from working with some splendid actors such as Barbara Murray and Naunton Wayne it was a fairly joyless experience.<ref>{{cite book|page=241|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9988770000011_t1c7/page/241/mode/1up?q=bullshine|title= A touch of the memoirs|year=1982 |publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|first=Donald|last=Sinden | isbn=9780340262351 }}</ref></blockquote>

==Reception==
''Operation Bullshine'' was the tenth most popular film at the British box office in 1959.<ref>"Year Of Profitable British Films." Times [London, England] 1 Jan. 1960: 13. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.</ref> According to ''Kinematograph Weekly'' the film performed "better than average" at the British box office in 1959.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Josh|last=Billings|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|title=Other better-than-average offerings|date=17 December 1959|page=7}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0053141}}

{{Gilbert Gunn}}

[[Category:1959 films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gilbert Gunn]]
[[Category:1959 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films set in the 1940s]]
[[Category:British World War II films]]
[[Category:Military humor in film]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laurie Johnson]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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