The Night We Dropped a Clanger

The Night We Dropped a Clanger

1959 · 85 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy, War

During WWII, a dashing British RAF Officer is earmarked for a secret mission behind enemy lines in occupied France, but wishing to distract the enemy, enlists a person to double for him and thereby draw attention to North Africa. An unlikely airman is found and tutored in the ways of an English officer.

Directed by Darcy Conyers · Written by John T. Chapman

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