On the Double

1961 | 92 minutes | 6.9 ★ (16)

On the Double
  • Overview

    American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to allow the Colonel to make a secret trip East. What Williams is not told is that the Colonel has recently been a target of assassins. After the Colonel's plane goes down, the plan changes and Williams maintains the disguise to confuse the Nazis about D-Day.

  • Release Date

    19 May 1961

  • DirectingMelville Shavelson
  • Budget

    $0.00

  • Revenue

    $0.00

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