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Don't Panic Chaps

  • 1959
  • Approved
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
237
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Don't Panic Chaps (1959)
SlapstickComedyWar

Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.Charming farce about British and German soldiers peacefully sharing a little island in the Adriatic in 1943 - that is until the beautiful Elsa is cast ashore.

  • Director
    • George Pollock
  • Writers
    • Jack Davies
    • Ronald Holroyd
    • Michael Corston
  • Stars
    • Dennis Price
    • George Cole
    • Thorley Walters
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    • IMDb RATING
    5.5/10
    237
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Pollock
    • Writers
      • Jack Davies
      • Ronald Holroyd
      • Michael Corston
    • Stars
      • Dennis Price
      • George Cole
      • Thorley Walters
    • 9User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast11

    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Captain von Krisling
    George Cole
    George Cole
    • Finch
    Thorley Walters
    Thorley Walters
    • Brown
    Nadja Regin
    Nadja Regin
    • Elsa
    Harry Fowler
    Harry Fowler
    • Ackroyd
    Percy Herbert
    Percy Herbert
    • Bolter
    George Murcell
    George Murcell
    • Meister
    Nicholas Phipps
    Nicholas Phipps
    • Mortimer
    Terence Alexander
    Terence Alexander
    • Lieutenant Babbington
    Gertan Klauber
    Gertan Klauber
    • Schmidt
    Thomas Foulkes
    • Voss
    • Director
      • George Pollock
    • Writers
      • Jack Davies
      • Ronald Holroyd
      • Michael Corston
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Val Guest and Robert Day were asked to direct.
    • Goofs
      The U-53, which is shown arriving to effect the rescue of the Germans late in the War, had been sunk by the British destroyer HMS Gurkha west of the Orkney Islands in February 1940. The same fictionalised name was used for a late-WWII U-boat in another 1950s British film, The Cruel Sea (1953).
    • Quotes
      • Krisling: One may not like the French people but one cannot help appreciating their wine.
    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: NORTH AFRICA 1943

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    Details

    • Release date
      • November 1959 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Carry on Chaps!
    • Filming locations
      • Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK(studio: made at Walton Studios, Walton-on-Thames, England)
    • Production companies
      • Hammer Films
      • Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
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    Box office

    • Budget
      • £75,000 (estimated)
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 25m(85 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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