The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1961
On the Fiddle
Directed by
Cyril Frankel
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the …
The story
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.
Cast
Alfred LynchHorace Pope
Sean ConneryPedlar Pascoe
Cecil ParkerGroup Capt. Bascombe
Stanley HollowayMr. Cooksley
Alan KingTop Sgt. Buzzer
Eric BarkerDoctor
Barbara WindsorMavis
Bill OwenCpl. Gittens
John Le MesurierHixon
Kathleen HarrisonMrs. Cooksley
Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteTrowbridge
Patsy RowlandsEvie
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Terence LongdonAir Gunner
Lance PercivalMacTaggart (Uncredited)
Kenneth J. WarrenDusty
Anton RodgersSoldier in Canteen (Uncredited)
Jack SmethurstDai Tovey
Victor Maddern1st Airman
Harry LockeHuxtable
Graham StarkSgt. Ellis
Harold GoodwinCorporal Reeves
Jean AubreyWaaf Corporal
Marianne StoneStretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Viola KeatsSister
Peter SinclairMr Pope
Edna MorrisLil
Thomas HeathcoteSergeant
Brian WeskeCorporal
Jack LambertPolice Constable
Cyril SmithTicket Collector
Simon LackFl/Lt Baldwin
Eleanor SummerfieldFlora McNaughton
Miriam KarlinWaaf Sergeant
Priscilla MorganGwynneth Tovey
Ian WhittakerLancing
Stuart SaundersSarge
Monte LandisConductor
Toni PalmerIvy
Neil Hallett1st Australian
Ann BeachIris
Beatrix LehmannLady Edith
Gary CockrellU.S. Snowdrop
Michael SarneGerman Officer
Timothy BatesonStretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Liz FraserGirl with Daisies (Uncredited)
Hugh LloydARP Warden (Uncredited)
Philip MadocSoldier (Uncredited)
Richard HartP.O. Trumper
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