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	* [[~~Brian Rix, Baron Rix\|~~Brian Rix]] – Aircraftman Arthur Atwood/Wing Commander Blenkinsop		* [[Brian Rix]] – Aircraftman Arthur Atwood/Wing Commander Blenkinsop
	* [[Cecil Parker]] – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser		* [[Cecil Parker]] – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
	* [[William Hartnell]] – Warrant Officer Bright		* [[William Hartnell]] – Warrant Officer Bright

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	\| director = [[Darcy Conyers]]		\| director = [[Darcy Conyers]]

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{{Infobox film
| name = The Night We Dropped a Clanger
| image = "The_Night_We_Dropped_a_Clanger"_(1959).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = UK theatrical release poster
| director = [[Darcy Conyers]]
| producer = [[David Henley (producer)|David Henley]] [[Sydney Box]]
| writer = [[John Chapman (screenwriter)|John Chapman]]
| music = Edwin Braden
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = Sidney Stone
| narrator =
| starring = Brian RIx Cecil Parker William Hartnell Leslie Phillips
| distributor = [[Rank Organisation]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1959}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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'''''The Night We Dropped a Clanger''''' is a 1959 black and white British [[comedy film|comedy]] film directed by [[Darcy Conyers]] and starring [[Brian Rix, Baron Rix|Brian Rix]], [[Cecil Parker]], [[William Hartnell]] and [[Leslie Phillips]]; [[Andrew Sachs]] made his screen debut.

The title comes from the British expression "to drop a clanger", meaning to say something inappropriate or revealing. It links in the title to the secondary meaning of "clang", the noise of a metallic object hitting the floor.

A British secret agent is sent on a secret operation in [[occupied France]] during the [[Second World War]] but a diversionary tactic turns into a [[farce|farcical]] tale of mistaken identity.<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053112/ | title=Make Mine a Double (1961) – IMDb | publisher=[[IMDb]] | accessdate=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44246 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090115182730/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44246 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-15 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | The NIGHT WE DROPPED A CLANGER (1959) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2014-03-05}}</ref> It was released as '''''Make Mine a Double''''' in the United States.

Although only a minor part, it was the film debut for [[Andrew Sachs]].

==Plot==
When mysterious, unpiloted, midget aircraft start landing in southern England during the Second World War, secret agent Wing Commander Blenkinsop, [[Victoria Cross|VC]] and [[Medal bar|bar]], is chosen for a top-secret mission to occupied France to investigate. Meanwhile, as a diversionary tactic to deceive the Germans, his exact [[look-alike]], Aircraftsman [''sic''] Atwood (both parts are played by Rix), is reluctantly recruited to go to North Africa. However, through a farcical mixup, Blenkinsop finds himself in Africa and Atwood ends up in France.

By far more luck than judgement, Atwood returns to England in one of the [[buzz bomb]]s and, with everyone (including Blenkinsop's girlfriend) believing he is Blenkinsop, he continues the impersonation and becomes a national hero, while the real Blenkinsop desperately tries to regain his identity and his life.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/make-mine-a-double-v101007 |title=Make Mine a Double (1959) – Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2014-03-05}}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Brian Rix, Baron Rix|Brian Rix]] – Aircraftman Arthur Atwood/Wing Commander Blenkinsop
* [[Cecil Parker]] – Air Vice-Marshal Sir Bertram Bukpasser
* [[William Hartnell]] – Warrant Officer Bright
* [[Leslie Phillips]] – Squadron Leader Thomas
* [[Leo Franklyn]] – Belling
* [[John Welsh (actor)|John Welsh]] – Squadron Leader Grant
* Toby Perkins – Flight Lieutenant Spendal
* [[Liz Fraser]] – Lulu
* Charles Cameron – General Gimble
* [[Vera Pearce]] – Madame Grilby
* Julian D'Albie – Air Marshal Carruthers
* [[Sarah Branch]] – WAAF Hawkins
* [[Irene Handl]] – Mrs. Billingsgate
* [[Andrew Sachs]] – Briggs
* [[Hattie Jacques]] – Ada
* [[Arthur Brough]] – Admiral Bewdly
* [[Ray Cooney]] – Corporal
* [[Oliver Johnston (actor)|Oliver Johnston]] – Air Commodore Turner
* Merilyn Roberts – 1st WAAF
* [[Sheila Mercier]] – 2nd WAAF
* Christine Russell – 3rd WAAF
* [[Larry Noble (actor)|Larry Noble]] – Farmer
* John Langham – Ricky
* Rowland Bartrop – Smythe
* Julie Mendez – Dancer
* [[Patrick Cargill]] – Fritz

==Critical reception==
''[[Sky Cinema|SKY Movies]]'' wrote, "a typically rickety British farce of the late Fifties, a time when the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'']]'s were gaining their first foothold. This is a sort of ''Carry On Flying'': Brian Rix has a field day in a dual role and there's even William Hartnell, giving his comic all as yet another barking NCO. Broad, unpolished, lowbrow fun."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/the-night-we-dropped-a-clanger/review |title=The Night We Dropped a Clanger – Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2002-05-24 |accessdate=2014-03-05}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{IMDb title|0053112}}
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8JWUHNswIU Full movie on YouTube.

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