British Comedy Guide
On The Fiddle. Image shows left to right: Pedlar Pascoe (Sean Connery), Horace Pope (Alfred Lynch). Credit: STUDIOCANAL
On The Fiddle

On The Fiddle

  • 1961 film

Forces comedy starring Alfred Lynch as a wide-boy desperate to make a bit of money and avoid conflict at all costs. Stars Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Stanley Holloway and more.

  • Repeated Thursday 12th December at 12:30pm on TPTV

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Cast & crew credits

Cast
Alfred Lynch Horace Pope
Sean Connery Pedlar Pascoe
Cecil Parker Gr/Cpt Bascombe
Wilfrid Hyde-White Trowbridge
Stanley Holloway Mr. Arthur Cooksley
Kathleen Harrison Mrs. Olga Cooksley
Alan King T/Sgt. Buzzer
Eleanor Summerfield Section Officer Flora McNaughton
Eric Barker Doctor
Terence Longdon Air Gunner
Ann Beach Iris Cooksley
Miriam Karlin WAAF Sergeant
Beatrix Lehmann Lady Edith
Patsy Rowlands Evie
Priscilla Morgan Gwynneth Tovey
John Le Mesurier Hixon
Bill Owen Corporal Gittens
Harry Locke F/Sgt. Huxtable
Victor Maddern 1st Airman
Thomas Heathcote Sergeant
Viola Keats Sister
Peter Sinclair Mr. Pope
Edna Morris Lil
Brian Weske Corporal
Jack Lambert Police Constable
Cyril Smith Ticket Collector
Simon Lack Fl/Lt. Baldwin
Graham Stark (as Graham Starke) Sgt. Ellis
Jean Aubrey WAAF Corporal
Jack Smethurst Dai Tovey
Richard Hart P.O. Trumper
Ian Whittaker Lancing
Harold Goodwin Corporal Reeves
Stuart Saunders Sarge
Barbara Windsor Mavis
Toni Palmer Ivy
Kenneth J. Warren (as Kenneth Warren) Dusty
Neil Hallett 1st Australian
Gary Cockrell U.S. Snowdrop
Michael Sarne German Officer
Lance Percival Jock MacTaggart
Hugh Lloyd ARP Warden
Marianne Stone Stretcher Bearer
Writing team
R.F. Delderfield Writer
Harold Buchman Writer (Adapted By)
Production team
Cyril Frankel Director
Benjamin Fisz Producer
Peter Hunt Editor
Malcolm Arnold Composer
Monte Landis (as Monty Landis) Conductor

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