You Must Be Joking!
Cast & Crew
Michael Winner
Michael Callan
Lionel Jeffries
Denholm Elliott
Wilfrid Hyde-white
Bernard Cribbins
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Major Foskett, a psychological officer in the British Army Medical Corps, devises a 48-hour test of initiative and tries it out on five representative servicemen: Tim Morton, a woman-chasing United States Air Force lieutenant; Sergeant-Major McGregor, a highly disciplined Scotsman; Captain Tabasco, a British aristocrat who trades on his wealth; Staff Sergeant Mansfield of the Army Transport Corps; and Sergeant Clegg, a halfwit. General Lockwood orders these men to complete the test, which consists of finding one's way out of a maze and obtaining a rare breed of rose, an electric hare from a dog track, a Rolls-Royce hood mascot, a set of plaster flying-duck wall decorations, the Lutine Bell from Lloyd's of London, and a signed photograph and lock of hair from television singer Sylvie Tarnet. The men ask servants and girl friends to assist in the scavenger hunt; but when Lieutenant Morton meets Sylvie, he drops his girl friend, Annabelle, for the attractive songstress. All the soldiers achieve moderate success except Sergeant Clegg, who tries to tunnel his way from the maze but is repeatedly recaptured. Lieutenant Morton wins the prize, but he refuses the trophy, resigns his commission, and marries Sylvie Tarnet. Meanwhile, Major Foskett slips up on the project's paperwork, and General Lockwood, his commanding officer, loses his job.
Director
Michael Winner
Cast
Michael Callan
Lionel Jeffries
Denholm Elliott
Wilfrid Hyde-white
Bernard Cribbins
Terry-thomas
Patricia Viterbo
Gabriella Licudi
Leslie Phillips
Irene Handl
Lee Montague
Gwendolyn Watts
James Villiers
Tracy Reed
Miles Malleson
Peter Bull
Lance Percival
Richard Wattis
James Robertson-justice
David Jacobs
Norman Vaughan
Clive Dunn
Ronald Howard
Graham Stark
Arthur Lowe
Crew
Harry Arbour
Tony Armstrong
Buddy Bregman
Ken Cameron
Maurice Carter
Bob Godfrey
Bernard Gribble
Alan Hackney
Alan Hackney
Eileen Head
Laurie Johnson
Wally Milner
Peter Price
Charles H. Schneer
Charles H. Schneer
Hal Shaper
Alex Thomson
Geoffrey Unsworth
Ted Wallis
Michael Winner
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
"Dig? Me? I'm a married man!"- Clegg
"Mac The Knife, is it?"- Sergeant-Major McGregor
"Bonnie Prince Charlie, I presume?"- Staff Sergeant Mansfield
"You're not going to leave it like that, are you?"- Sergeant-Major McGregor
"Oh, it doesn't mind."- Annabelle Nash
"You've been at it again, haven't you?"- Young Husband
"You what? My God, you HAVE been at it again!"- Young Husband
"No, I haven't."- Young Wife
"It was only your ducks I wanted."- Morton
Trivia
Notes
Location scenes filmed in London. Opened in London in August 1965.
