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Mr. Drake's Duck is a British film of genre Science fiction directed by Val Guest with Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Mr. Drake's Duck (1951)
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Add to a movie listMister Drake's Duck is a 1951 British science fiction comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Reginald Beckwith. Mr Drake, a farmer, discovers that his hens have started laying radioactive eggs.
Actors
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
(Donald 'Don' Drake)
Yolande Donlan
(Penny Drake)
Jon Pertwee
(Reuben)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
(Mr. May)
Reginald Beckwith
(Mr. Boothby)
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