Our Miss Fred

1972

1h 32m

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5.8/10

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Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.

Directors

Bob Kellett

Writers

Hugh Leonard(screenplay by)

Ted Willis(story by)

Stars

Danny La Rue

Alfred Marks

Lance Percival

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Fred Wimbush

General Brincker

Smallpiece

Miss Flodden

Miss Lockhart

Schmidt

Hilary (as Kristin Hatfeild)

Judith

Prunella

Elvira

Emma

Patron

Patron's Wife

Doctor

British Colonel

Resistance Fighter (as Andre Maranne)

Barrie Gosney

Bertie

David Ellen

Bobby

Directors

Bob Kellett

Writers

Hugh Leonard(screenplay by)

Ted Willis(story by)

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2/10

La Rue was the UK's pre-eminent drag artist of the era and this was his only movie. This is a farce set in France in the early days of World War 2, as Germany invades and soldier La Rue, a third-rate music hall performer before being drafted, finds himself separated from his unit, in full female attire. He finds refuge in a girl's school (with only 5 pupils!) headed by mannish Bowers and her assistant de la Tour, channelling Joyce Grenfell, and keeps up his disguise. Plenty of double entendres and light-hearted banter about rape, but not a trace of wit. La Rue makes a hideous woman, although every man here lusts after him. Percival is an RAF officer and Marks the local Kommandant but add little. The girls have to pose as whores to get past the Nazis, before an action escape scene that momentarily lifts the mood.

dennyjt01 Aug, 2022