London, 1940. Aspiring jazz musician and future comedy legend Terence "Spike" Milligan reluctantly obeys his call-up and joins the Royal Artillery regiment at Bexhill, where he begins training to take part in the War. But along the way Spike and his friends get involved in many amusing - and some not-so amusing - scrapes. Based on the first volume of Milligan's war memoirs. cast: Jim Dale .... Spike Milligan Arthur Lowe .... Major Drysdale Bill Maynard .... Sergeant Ellis Tony Selby .... Bill Geoffrey Hughes .... Larry Spike Milligan .... Leo Milligan (Spike's Father) Pat Coombs .... Mrs. Milligan Windsor Davies .... Sergeant MacKay Stephen Yardley .... Lieutenant Martin Bob Todd .... Referee Anthony Booth .... Tommy Brettell Jim Norton .... Pongo John Forgeham .... Wally Donald Hewlett .... Prison Officer Robert Longden .... Heavenly. Runtime: 102 min Country: UK Language: English Colour (Technicolor)
I'm convinced this is a remake of "Down Among The Z Men" (aka "The Goon Show") Jim Dale does a great job playing Spike Milligan and Spike Milligan himself shows up as his own Dad.
