Invasion Quartet

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

Invasion Quartet is a 1961 British World War II comedy-drama film that was publicised as a parody of The Guns of Navarone. 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 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 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.

External links

• Invasion Quartet at IMDb