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On the Double is a american film of genre Science fiction directed by Melville Shavelson released in USA on 19 may 1961 with Danny Kaye
On the Double (1961)
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Add to a movie listLa Doublure du général (titre original : On the Double) est un film américain de Melville Shavelson sorti en 1961.
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Le soldat de 2e classe Ernie Williams a du mal à se faire à la discipline militaire. Peu avant le débarquement, il s'échappe d'un campement mais est repris aussitôt. On lui propose alors de prendre la place d'un général dont la vie est menacée par les nazis. Ernie accepte à contre-cœur. Maggie, l'épouse du général malheureuse dans son couple, arrive à l'improviste et commence à s'attacher à ce mari de remplacement. Mais Ernie est capturé par les Allemands puis emmené à Berlin où il est interrogé par la Gestapo. Après avoir fourni de fausses informations, Ernie parvient à s'évader avant d'être poursuivi par des agents nazis.Actors
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)
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