American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.
Cast
Danny Kaye
Pfc. Ernie Williams
Dana Wynter
Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Colonel Somerset
Margaret Rutherford
Lady Vivian
Diana Dors
Sergeant Bridget Stanhope
Allan Cuthbertson
Captain Patterson
Jesse White
Corporal Joseph Praeger
Gregory Walcott
Colonel Rock Houston
Terence de Marney
Sergeant Colin Twickenham
Rex Evans
General Carleton Brown Wiffingham
Rudolph Anders
Oberkommandant
Edgar Barrier
Blankmeister
Pamela Light
Mrs. Somerset
Ben Astar
General Zlinkov
Crew
Melville Shavelson
Director, Writer
Jack Rose
Writer, Producer
Frank Bracht
Editor
Harry Stradling Sr.
Director of Photography
Arthur Jacobson
Assistant Director
Harry Caplan
Assistant Director
Edith Head
Costume Design
Nellie Manley
Hair Supervisor
Wally Westmore
Makeup Supervisor
Lyle Figland
Sound Recordist
John Wilkinson
Sound Recordist
Leith Stevens
Original Music Composer
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Frank R. McKelvy
Set Decoration
Arthur Lonergan
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
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