Nearly a Nasty Accident
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Don Chaffey
Jimmy Edwards
Kenneth Connor
Shirley Eaton
Richard Wattis
Ronnie Stevens
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Synopsis
Aircraftsman Alexander Wood, a mechanic in the RAF, is forever fixing things, an obsession leading to such disastrous accidents as the premature launching of rocket missiles and the wrecking of aircraft. As a result, his group captain, distraught by this threat to his own promotion, tries to get Wood dismissed from the service. But en route to his home for discharge, Wood fixes the train's heating system and then disappears. As an extensive search is organized, Wood, unaware of the panic he is causing, conscientiously tries to get back to camp. He meets and falls in love with Jean Briggs, a comely WRAF who has the same destination. After accidentally flooding all of South Wales and blacking out the area's electrical supply, he arrives back at his base. The group captain's delight at retrieving him is suddenly shattered by the arrival of the air minister. Wood attempts to fix something for the minister, and the group captain's frantic effort to stop him results in a final, disastrous calamity.
Director
Don Chaffey
Cast
Jimmy Edwards
Kenneth Connor
Shirley Eaton
Richard Wattis
Ronnie Stevens
Jon Pertwee
Eric Barker
Peter Jones
Jack Watling
Cyril Chamberlain
John Forrest
Charlotte Mitchell
Joyce Carey
Terry Scott
Vincent Ball
Harold Goodwin
Joe Don Baker
Jack Douglas
Ian Whittaker
Emrys Leyshon
Crew
Barbara Barnard
Albert Becket
Paul Beeson
Dennis Bertera
Charles Bishop
Norman Bolland
Olga Brook
Jack Davies
Ernest Gasser
Bob Jones
Ken Jones
Bill Lenny
Maggie Lewin
Ted Mason
Bertram Ostrer
Bertram Ostrer
Herbert R. Smith
Wally Veevers
Hugh Woodhouse
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Opened in London in May 1961; running time: 92 min.
