On the Fiddle
1961, English. Directed by Cyril Frankel.
Never have so few fiddled so many!
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Cyril FrankelDirector
- Alfred LynchHorace Pope
- Sean ConneryPedlar Pascoe
- Cecil ParkerGroup Capt. Bascombe
- Stanley HollowayMr. Cooksley
- Alan KingTop Sgt. Buzzer
- Eric BarkerDoctor
- Barbara WindsorMavis
- Bill OwenCpl. Gittens
- John Le MesurierHixon
- Kathleen HarrisonMrs. Cooksley
- Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteTrowbridge
- Patsy RowlandsEvie
Details
- Released
- 10 October 1961
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Written by
- Harold Buchman
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On the Fiddle runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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On the Fiddle isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 10 October 1961. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed On the Fiddle?
On the Fiddle (1961) was directed by Cyril Frankel and stars Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker.