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A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.A quirky British Secret Service Agent named Major Hammond tries to discover who is using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes.
John Longden
- Peters
- (as John Longdon)
Ronald Adam
- Pollack - Aviation Engineer
- (uncredited)
Patrick Aherne
- Officer
- (uncredited)
Eileen Bennett
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Wallace Bosco
- Bit part
- (uncredited)
Leslie Bradley
- Major Hammond's Assistant
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPatrick Macnee readily confessed that his famous portrayal of John Steed in The Avengers (1961) was, in many respects, based upon Sir Ralph Richardson's performance as the louche hat-wearing, umbrella-wielding Major Charles Hammond in this film.
- GoofsWhen Tony mans the machine gun, he sprays the enemy crew with gunfire. Some of the crew are right in front of the plane, so the plane should be riddled with bullet holes, but no bullet holes can be seen.
- Quotes
Mr. Barrett: All right! All right! Will you as a personal favour take that plane up?
Tony McVane: Well of course I will, you parboiled, pudding-minded, myopic deadhead!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Avengers (1961)
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You really can't go wrong with Ralph Richardson in a cast, and it holds true with "Clouds Over Europe," a 1939 film that also stars Laurence Olivier and Valerie Hobson. It's pre-WW II, and Richardson plays a secret service man in England who is convinced that a series of missing planes from diverse places is no accident. He's convinced the planes are being sabotaged, but by whom, and why? Olivier plays one of the pilots, and he's funny as well as handsome. Valerie Hobson is a reporter in an adversarial relationship with Olivier. She turns out to be related to someone else in the film.
But it's Richardson who steals the show with his eccentric portrayal of Major Charles Hammond, a man who always forgets his umbrella and returns for it. He helps to give this affair a lightheartedness that makes it enjoyable.
Recommended for its very good British cast.
But it's Richardson who steals the show with his eccentric portrayal of Major Charles Hammond, a man who always forgets his umbrella and returns for it. He helps to give this affair a lightheartedness that makes it enjoyable.
Recommended for its very good British cast.
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- blanche-2
- Jul 15, 2011
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- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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