Plot Major Foskett (Terry Thomas), a British Army psychologist, assembles four soldiers for a testing task
The four are - Sergeant Major McGregor (complete with kilt and bearskin), Captain Tabasco, Sergeant Clegg (a father of nine), Staff Sergeant Mansfield - and United States Air Force Lieutenant Morton have their initiative tested in a scavenger hunt.
Their first task is to escape a maze. Tabasco orders up a helicopter to take him out and two others take a ride but Clegg is left in the maze.
They are instructed to obtain six symbols of the British way of life. The reward for the winner is to be fast-tracked for promotion and a ten-day, all-expenses-paid trip around the world for two. Among the feats to be accomplished within 48 hours are escaping from a maze, retrieving a rare rose and the mascot from a Rolls-Royce motorcar, and procurement of a lock of hair and an autograph from a popular French singer. The final challenge involves the famous Lutine bell from the Underwriting Room of Lloyd’s of London.[2][3] MacGregor arrives at the finish line by parachute, Tabasco comes in an ambulance, Clegg digs his way in from below. Morton arrives last (by car) but is declared the winner and resigns.
General Lockwood is arrested for misuse of the requisition system. Foskett is arrested for conspiracy to steal the Lutine Bell.
The Cast
Michael Callan - Lieutenant Timothy Morton
Lionel Jeffries - Sergeant Major Sidney McGregor
Denholm Elliott - Captain Fitzroy Tabasco
Wilfrid Hyde-White - General Lockwood
Bernard Cribbins - Sergeant Clegg
Terry-Thomas - Major Foskett
James Robertson Justice - Librarian
Gabriella Licudi - Annabelle Nash
Leslie Phillips - Young husband, Mr Walters
Gwendolyn Watts - Young wife, Mrs (Ducks) Walters
Patricia Viterbo - Sylvie Tarnet a pop singer
Lee Montague - Staff Sergeant Mansfield
Irene Handl - Elderly Woman
Richard Wattis - Parkins
Miles Malleson - Salesman
Clive Dunn - Doorman at Tv Studio
Tracy Reed - Poppy Pennington
James Villiers - Bill Simpson
Graham Stark - McGregor’s Suez comrade
Ronald Howard - Cecil
Arthur Lowe - Husband
Joan Benham - Wife
Lance Percival - Shifty Man
Peter Bull - Ferocious Man in Library
Peter Barkworth - Recording Studio Manager
Norman Vaughan - Norman Stone
Jon Pertwee - Greyhound Stadium storeman
Peter Gilmore - Private (gardening duty in greenhouse)
Ed Bishop - US Air Force Soldier at Checkpoint - (uncredited)
Richard Caldicot - M.O.D. official - (uncredited)
Damaris Hayman - Fan Club Employee - (uncredited)
John Horsley - Lloyd’s Director - (uncredited)
Victor Brooks - commissionaire - (uncredited)
Peter Barkworth - Television Studio Director - (uncredited)
Dave Watts keyboards - Ricky Ticky Taylor Pop Star
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