Orders Are Orders (1954)

Directed by

David Paltenghi

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 18m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A British film about a film crew who want to shoot a movie at a military base. The soldiers are not thrilled about the disruption, and the two groups clash in funny ways.

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What happens

Orders Are Orders is a 1955 British comedy film directed by David Paltenghi, and featuring Brian Reece, Peter Sellers, Sid James, Tony Hancock, Raymond Huntley, and Bill Fraser. It was written by Geoffrey Orme and Donald Taylor. Eric Sykes contributed to the script and appears in a minor role. It was a remake of the film Orders Is Orders (1933), itself based on the 1932 play Orders Are Orders by Ian Hay and Anthony Armstrong. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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