Desert Mice (1959)

Directed by

Michael Relph

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 21m

Rated

U

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of British entertainers working for ENSA in the North African desert during World War Two accidentally mess up a Nazi scheme. The comedy follows their antics.

light-heartedcomedicnostalgicplayfullightwartimebreezy

What happens

Desert Mice is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Michael Relph and starring Alfred Marks, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier and Liz Fraser. The screenplay was by David Climie. A group of ENSA entertainers with the British army in the North Africa desert during the Second World War thwart a Nazi plan. The title is a play on the Desert Rats. It was a Welbeck Presentation released through Rank. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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