On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle (U.S. titles Operation Snafu and Operation War Head) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kathleen Harrison, Victor Maddern and John Le Mesurier. It was based on the 1961 novel Stop at a Winner by R.F. Delderfield who served in the RAF in World War II.

On the Fiddle
Original UK quad size poster
Directed byCyril Frankel
Screenplay byHarold Buchman
Based onStop at a Winner
by R.F. Delderfield
Produced byBenjamin Fisz
Starring
CinematographyEdward Scaife
Edited byPeter Hunt
Music byMalcolm Arnold
Production
company
Coronado Productions
Distributed byAnglo Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date
  • 10 October 1961 (1961-10-10) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

It was Sean Connery's tenth film and his first lead role, released the year before his big breakthrough as James Bond in the 1962 film Dr No.

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