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Our Miss Fred is a British film of genre War with Alfred Marks
Our Miss Fred (1972)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h36
OriginUnited-kingdom
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, LGBT-related film
Rating54%
Our Miss Fred is a 1972 British comedy film starring Danny La Rue and set during World War II. The film was also known by its video release titles "Beyond the Call of Duty" (Canada) and "Operation: Fred" (US). In the 1960s, La Rue was one of the highest paid entertainers in Britain, but this represents his only starring role in a feature film.
Synopsis
Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush is called up during WWII, and is performing in drag, entertaining the troops in France, when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues his disguise in women's clothes, Fred fears he will be shot as a spy. The double entendres and bullets fly as he attempts his escape in the company of the pupils from an English girls' finishing school.Actors
Alfred Marks
Lance Percival
(Smallpiece)
Lally Bowers
(Miss Flodden)
Frances de la Tour
(Miss Lockhart)
Walter Gotell
(Schmidt)
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