Orders Are Orders is a 1955 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Brian Reece, Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, and Bill Fraser. Eric Sykes contributed to the script and appears in a minor role.[2] It was a remake of the film Orders Is Orders (1933), itself based on the play Orders Are Orders by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong.[3]

Orders Are Orders
Directed by	David Paltenghi
Written by	Geoffrey Orme Donald Taylor Eric Sykes (additional dialogue)
Based on	Orders Are Orders by Anthony Armstrong and Ian Hay
Produced by	Donald Taylor
Starring	Brian Reece Peter Sellers Tony Hancock Sid James
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Edited by	Joseph Sterling
Music by	Stanley Black
Production company	Group 3 Films
Distributed by	British Lion Film Corporation (UK) Distributors Corporation of America (US)
Release date	8 May 1955 (1955-05-08)
Running time	78 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	£84,148 (UK)[1]

Plot

A film production company decides to make a new space adventure film close to an army barracks, using the soldiers as extras. This does not go down well with the commanding officer, who attempts to make life as difficult as possible for the film crew.

Cast

• Brian Reece — Captain Harper
• Margot Grahame — Wanda Sinclair
• Raymond Huntley — Colonel Bellamy
• Sid James — Ed Waggermeyer
• Tony Hancock — Lt Wilfred Cartroad, the bandmaster
• Peter Sellers — Private Goffin
• Clive Morton — General Sir Cuthbert Grahame-Foxe
• June Thorburn — Veronica Bellamy
• Maureen Swanson — Joanne Delamere
• Peter Martyn — Lieutenant Broke
• Bill Fraser — Private Slee
• Edward Lexy — Captain Ledger
• Barry MacKay — RSM Benson
• Maureen Pryor —Miss Marigold
• Donald Pleasence — Lance Corporal Martin
• Eric Sykes — Private Waterhouse
• Gerald Campion — Private Johnson
• Leonard Williams  — Corporal Smithers

Media releases

The film was released on region two DVD in 2007.[4]

Critical reception

• TV Guide wrote, "except for a couple of decent comic performances, the good cast, including both Peter Sellers and Donald Pleasence in early roles, are wasted by the film's haphazard construction."[5]
• Time Out wrote, "just about worth suffering to see Tony Hancock in his film debut as the harassed bandmaster."[6]

References

External links

• Orders Are Orders at IMDb

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