Operation Snatch
Cast & Crew
Robert Day
Terry-thomas
George Sanders
Lionel Jeffries
Jackie Lane
Lee Montague
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Synopsis
Stationed at Gibraltar in World War II, Lieut. "Piggy" Wigg has the difficult task of looking after the Rock's famous Barbary apes. Legend has it that as long as the apes are on the Rock, Gibraltar will remain British; consequently, when a mysterious disease threatens the ape colony, Major Hobson, the intelligence officer, realizes that if the apes all die the Germans will take advantage of the legend for propaganda purposes. Hobson is also faced with another crisis: the death of the sole male ape has made the females so listless and morose that it is imperative that another male be found immediately. He therefore orders Wigg and his batman, Evans, to steal one from a German circus in Zurich. After smuggling the animal out of the circus by putting it into a prop horse, they successfully return to Gibraltar and thereby save the ape colony. Despite Wigg's promotion, he and Evans are transferred to the Tower of London to guard its ravens. It is believed that if the birds were to leave, the British Kingdom would fall.
Director
Robert Day
Cast
Terry-thomas
George Sanders
Lionel Jeffries
Jackie Lane
Lee Montague
Michael Trubshawe
James Villiers
Dinsdale Landen
Jeremy Lloyd
John Gabriel
Warren Mitchell
Mario Fabrizi
Bernard Hunter
Mark Singleton
John Meillon
Gerard Heinz
Howard Lang
Graham Stark
John Scott
Ian Whittaker
Crew
Jules Buck
Norman Coggs
Geoffrey Faithfull
Alan Hackney
Len Heath
Ken Jones
Ivan King
Ross Mackenzie
Paul Mills
Bert Rule
Len Shilton
Roy Simpson
John Warren
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Notes
Opened in London in March 1962: running time: 87 min.
