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On the Double

On the Double

War, Comedy

1h 32m

May 19, 1961 (64 years ago)

Overview

American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.

ActorAge thenAge now
Danny Kaye

Danny Kaye

Pfc. Ernie Williams

Birthday: January 18, 1911

50 March 3, 1987 (76)
Dana Wynter

Dana Wynter

Lady Margaret MacKenzie-Smith

Birthday: June 8, 1931

29 May 5, 2011 (79)
Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Colonel Somerset

Birthday: May 12, 1903

58 May 6, 1991 (87)
Margaret Rutherford

Margaret Rutherford

Lady Vivian

Birthday: May 11, 1892

69 May 22, 1972 (80)
Diana Dors

Diana Dors

Sergeant Bridget Stanhope

Birthday: October 23, 1931

29 May 4, 1984 (52)
Allan Cuthbertson

Allan Cuthbertson

Captain Patterson

Birthday: April 7, 1920

41 February 8, 1988 (67)
Jesse White

Jesse White

Corporal Joseph Praeger

Birthday: January 3, 1917

44 January 9, 1997 (80)
Gregory Walcott

Gregory Walcott

Colonel Rock Houston

Birthday: January 13, 1928

33 March 20, 2015 (87)
Terence de Marney

Terence de Marney

Sergeant Colin Twickenham

Birthday: March 1, 1908

53 May 25, 1971 (63)
Rex Evans

Rex Evans

General Carleton Brown Wiffingham

Birthday: April 13, 1903

58 April 3, 1969 (65)