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Orders Are Orders is a British film of genre Thriller with Peter Sellers
Orders Are Orders (1954)
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Add to a movie listOrders Are Orders is a 1954 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, Donald Pleasence and Eric Sykes. It was a remake of the 1933 film Orders Is Orders.
Synopsis
A film production company decides to make a new science fiction film in an army barracks, using the soldiers as extras. This does not go down well with the commanding officer, who attempts to make life as difficult as possible for the film crew.Actors
Peter Sellers
(Pvt. Goffin)
Margot Grahame
(Wanda Sinclair)
Clive Morton
(Gen. Sir Cuthbert Grahame-Foxe)
Tony Hancock
(Lt. Wilfred Cartroad)
Raymond Huntley
(Col. Fred Bellamy)
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