It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back
| Movie | |
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| German title | It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back |
| Original title | Watch your star |
| Country of production | Great Britain |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1960 |
| length | about 87 minutes |
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| Director | Gerald Thomas |
| script |
Alan Hackney , Vivian Cox |
| production | Peter Rogers |
| music | Bruce Montgomery |
| camera | Edward Scaife |
| cut | John Shirley |
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It's crazy - our torpedo is coming back is not an official film from the series of carry-on ... films , but in terms of content, staff and cast it appears like one and can be attributed to them. The script is based on the play Something about a Sailor by Earle Couttie .
content
The Royal Navy is testing new torpedoes , but there is one catch: They come back and sink the ship that shot them down. After losing several ships in this way, the project is awarded to Captain Foster. The work will be coordinated from his ship and the torpedo designer, Agatha Potter, will work. Unfortunately, Blissworth, the captain's awkward stewart, destroys the plans. Actually, he wanted to correct the mistake he thought he had found as a hobbyist. Now a replacement is urgently needed, because after all Admiral Sir Humphrey Pettigrew has announced a visit. With the help of Foster's daughter Ann, a copy of the plan is obtained and Blissworth gets his chance to participate in the project. Then the practical test must take place ...
Remarks
Ted Ray was originally supposed to play the role of Sid James , but he had to cancel due to scheduling problems. James was convincing and then got the permanent cast role that was actually intended for Ray and became one of the most important and popular stars of the series and of British comedy.
The film is based on the play Something About a Sailor by Earle Couttie .
In Germany they made it easy for themselves and released the film under the label Ist ja crazy together with several carry-ons… .
synchronization
The German dubbing was created in 1986 on behalf of ZDF and directed by Edgar Ott . The dialogue book comes from Gerda von Rüxleben .
| role | actor | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Fanshawe | Leslie Phillips | Hermann Ebeling |
| Blissworth | Kenneth Connor | Andreas Mannkopff |
| Admiral Sir Humphrey Pettigrew | Noël Purcell | Heinz Petruo |
| Captain David Foster | Eric Barker | Lothar Blumhagen |
| Agatha Potter | Hattie Jacques | Marianne Gross |
| Mundy | Sidney James | Edgar Ott |
| Ann Foster | Joan Sims | Edeltraut Elsner |
| Commander Phillips | Ed Devereaux | Hans-Werner Bussinger |
| sailor | Victor Maddern | Karl Schulz |
| Buddy in the shipyard | Spike Milligan | Michael Nowka |
| Buddy in the shipyard | Eric Sykes | Hans Nitschke |
| sergeant | David Lodge | Helmut Krauss |
| Flags | Robin Ray | Joachim Tennstedt |
Reviews
- “Navy clothes. (...) not entirely funny, but with exhilarating running gags. ”(Rating: 2 stars = average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in Lexicon“ Films on TV ” (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 410
- "Persiflage of the conditions in the British Navy, staged with situation comedy and dry humor." - " Lexicon of international films " (CD-ROM edition), Systhema, Munich 1997
Soundtrack
- Bruce Montgomery : Watch Your Star. Suite . On: What a Carry On! Eric Rogers' & Bruce Montgomery's theme music of the great British Carry On film comedies . vocalion digital, Watford 2005, CDSA6810 - digital re-recording of the film music in excerpts by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia under the direction of Gavin Sutherland
Web links
- Carry on - our torpedo comes back in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Watch your star at Brit Movie (English)