| Operation Stogie | |
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| Directed by | Ernest Morris |
| Written by | M.M. McCormack |
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| Cinematography | Jimmy Wilson |
| Edited by | John Dunsford |
| Music by | Bill LeSage |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Operation Stogie is a 1962[1] British comedy film directed by Ernest Morris and starring John Hewer,[2] Anton Rogers and Susan Stephen.[3][4] It was written by M.M. McCormack and produced by The Danzigers.
Plot
[edit]General Tankard visits Scattershot, an Officer Cadet Training Centre commanded by Major Soames, to inform him that the army is on a new efficiency drive and wants to reduce the number of cadets that can graduate. Major Soames therefore devises a set of initiative tests that each cadet must pass, or be thrown off the course. Cadets Ted and Jock are particularly slippery customers, so Major Soames sets them an outrageous and seemingly impossible task – codenamed "Operation Stogie" – to prove their suitability for officer training. They must find a way to attend an elite party – a party so exclusive that even the Prime Minister can't get an invite – to be held at the ultra-posh Cormorant Manor. Further, they must prove their attendance with a photograph of each of them with their arm around Lady Cormorant. And if that were not an impossible enough task, Lady Cormorant must be smoking a cigar when the photo is taken. Ted and Jock accept the challenge and excute their operation with cunning and military precision.
Cast
[edit]- John Hewer as Ted
- Anton Rogers as Jock
- Susan Stephen as Stella
- Richard Caldicott as Lord Cormorant
- Mona Washbourne as Lady Cormorant
- Austin Trevor as General Tankard
- Ferdy Mayne as Sultan
- Peter Illing as Dr Polk
- Inia Wiata as Emir
- Julian Orchard as Major Soames
- Leon Cortez as George
- Anthony Woodruff as Prosecuting Officer
- Valentyne Dyall as Presiding Officer
- Richard Bennett as first NCO
- Richard Carpenter as second NCO
- Larry Noble as tramp
Production
[edit]Filming started at New Elstree Studios on 7 Octrober 1960.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Operation Stogie". BBFC. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (2013). The Encyclopedia of British Film (4th ed.). Manchester University Press. p. 351. ISBN 9780719091391.
- ^ "Operation Stogie". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ "Operation-Stogie - Cast, Crew, Director and Awards - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. 9 March 2014. Archived from the original on 9 March 2014. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ^ Edwards, Bill (6 October 1960). "Production". Kine Weekly. 521 (2766): 21. ProQuest 2594666896.