Operation Snatch

1962 film by Robert Day

March 1962 (1962-03) (UK)

Running time

87 min.CountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglish

Operation Snatch is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day.^[1]^[2]

Plot

The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary apes were ever to leave, the British would lose Gibraltar. This wartime comedy has Terry-Thomas as the keeper of the apes. When one of the apes goes missing, he is required to go behind enemy lines to capture another one, or be personally responsible for the loss of Gibraltar.

Cast

Terry-Thomas as Lieutenant Wigg
George Sanders as Major Hobson
Lionel Jeffries as Evans
Jocelyn Lane as Bianca Tabori
Mark Eden as Mosquito Pilot
Mario Fabrizi as Tall Man
John Gabriel as Major Frink
Gerard Heinz as Colonel Waldock
Bernard Hunter as Captain Baker
Dinsdale Landen as Captain Wellington
Howard H. Lang as P.T. Sergeant
Angus Lennie as Vic
Jeremy Lloyd as Captain James
John Meillon as Medical Officer
Warren Mitchell as Contact Man
Lee Montague as Miklos Tabori
Nyree Dawn Porter as W.R.A.C. Officer
John Scott as Lieutenant General Hepworth
Mark Singleton as Prime Minister's Secretary
Graham Stark as Soldier
Michael Trubshawe as Colonel Marston
James Villiers as Lieutenant Keen
Ian Whittaker as Dyson

References

^ Crowther, Bosley (25 September 1962). "Screen: Terry-Thomas and Slapstick; Gibraltar Is Setting of 'Operation Snatch' Picture Pits Comedian Against a Thin Plot". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
^ "Operation Snatch (1962)". BFI. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.