What A Whopper
- 1961 film
A group of friends try to fake a sighting of the Loch Ness Monster in order to make some money. Stars Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn and more.
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 1961
- Creators
- Jeremy Lloyd and Trevor Peacock
- Stars
- Adam Faith, Sid James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn, Freddie Frinton, Marie France, Charles Hawtrey and more
- Writer
- Terry Nation
- Director
- Gilbert Gunn
- Producers
- Teddy Joseph, Joe Vegoda and Michael L. Green
- Company
Young author Tony Blake has written his first book, a work on the Loch Ness Monster. Publishers, however, are not keen. It's been so long since there's been a sighting of the monster that they doubt there's enough market for it.
Unfortunately for Tony, he was rather relying on publication to solve his money worries and pay his rent. Facing eviction from his Chelsea flat, and with friend and room-mate Vernon, and the neighbour, Vernon's fiancée Charlie, in similar circumstances, the group need a solution - and fast!
Together with the assistance of fellow tenants and artists Jojo and Arnold, the three decide their best option is to bolster interest in the Monster themselves, by making a model creature and taking a photograph of their own. Now they just need to get to Scotland and put the plan into practice.
Additional details
- UK certificate
- U
- Duration
- 90 minutes
- UK release
- Tuesday 17th October 1961
- Distributors
- Also known as
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- What A Whopper!
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Black and white
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Tuesday 12th November 2024 at 8:55am on TPTV
- Tuesday 25th June 2024 at 6:00am on TPTV
- Sunday 21st January 2024 at 6:00am on TPTV
Recording details
- Pinewood Studios
- Loch Ness - Location filming