Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! 1966
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
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Full Cast & Crew... Augustin Bouvet, house painter
... Stanislas Lefort, orchestra conductor
... Sir Reginald Brook, aka 'Big Moustache'
... Peter Cunningham
... Alan Mac Intosh
... Juliette, the Guignol's little girl
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See All 1 Reviews10 Feb 2023 by CinemaSerf
I'd watched this entertainingly farcical French wartime comedy for about half hour before I realised that the chap who looked like Terry-Thomas was, actually, Terry-Thomas! He, like everyone else here, is in his element as an RAF bomber crew find themselves shot down over Paris and dependent on a rather disparate selection of people to try and keep them from the hands of the Gestapo, and to help smuggle them out of the city and to some semblance of safety. It has all the hallmarks of a slightly less bawdy "Carry-On" film with some characterful performances from Bouvril ("Bouvet") and the increasingly amusing Louis de Funès as the suitably over-the-top orchestral maestro "Lefort". Neither gent is really equipped to guide our hapless trio of airmen out of their own bathrooms, much less from the grasp of the Nazis - but with the help of some silk parachutes, cunning disguises, nuns and horses - well who'd bet against them? Unlike many other films of this genre, this is actually funny. Sure, you can readily predict what is likely to happen, and some of the misunderstandings do have you wondering how was that even possible, but the ensemble cast including an on form Andréa Parisy and Benno Sterzenbach as the (no so) menacing "Maj. Achbach" give this just a soupçon of class that belies it's roots. Dated? Well yes, but still surprisingly enjoyable to watch.
Release Date:
Dec 08, 1966 (France,United Kingdom)
Run Time:
2hr 12`
MMPA Rating:
G
Original Language:
French
Production Countries:
France,United Kingdom
Status:
Released
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I'd watched this entertainingly farcical French wartime comedy for about half hour before I realised that the chap who looked like Terry-Thomas was, actually, Terry-Thomas! He, like everyone else here, is in his element as an RAF bomber crew find themselves shot down over Paris and dependent on a rather disparate selection of people to try and keep them from the hands of the Gestapo, and to help smuggle them out of the city and to some semblance of safety. It has all the hallmarks of a slightly less bawdy "Carry-On" film with some characterful performances from Bouvril ("Bouvet") and the increasingly amusing Louis de Funès as the suitably over-the-top orchestral maestro "Lefort". Neither gent is really equipped to guide our hapless trio of airmen out of their own bathrooms, much less from the grasp of the Nazis - but with the help of some silk parachutes, cunning disguises, nuns and horses - well who'd bet against them? Unlike many other films of this genre, this is actually funny. Sure, you can readily predict what is likely to happen, and some of the misunderstandings do have you wondering how was that even possible, but the ensemble cast including an on form Andréa Parisy and Benno Sterzenbach as the (no so) menacing "Maj. Achbach" give this just a soupçon of class that belies it's roots. Dated? Well yes, but still surprisingly enjoyable to watch.
Cast & Crew of
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! - Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Augustin Bouvet, house painter
... Stanislas Lefort, orchestra conductor
... Sir Reginald Brook, aka 'Big Moustache'
... Peter Cunningham
... Alan Mac Intosh
... Juliette, the Guignol's little girl
... Juliette's grandfather, puppeteer
... Sister Marie-Odile
... The mother superior
... Mrs. Germaine, owner of the hotel
... Major Achbach, the German officer
... The guardian of the Vincennes zoo
... The fisherman
... Lieutenant Sturmer
... The talkative bassoonist
... The cross-eyed German soldier
RL
Rudy Lenoir... The german soldier on patrol
... Mephisto, a resistant opera singer
... A German corporal at the search
... The German officer in the restaurant car
Produced By
... Production Manager
... Producer
... Production Manager