What a Whopper
Naughty Maids And Naughtical Monsters, A Book! A Monster! A Film!
1961 | 90m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Gilbert Gunn |
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| Writer: | Terry Nation |
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| A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals. | |
| Release Date: | Oct 17, 1961 |
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| Director: | Gilbert Gunn |
| Writer: | Terry Nation |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | scotland, writer, photograph, sculptor, loch ness monster, loch ness, fake, scottish highlands |
| Production Companies | Viscount Films - Terry Moore Production |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 28, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Adam Faith | Tony Blake |
| Carole Lesley | Charlotte 'Charlie' Pinner |
| Terence Longdon | Vernon |
| Marie France Dousset | Marie |
| Freddie Frinton | Gilbert Pinner |
| Sid James | Harry Sutton |
| Charles Hawtrey | Arnold |
| Clive Dunn | Mr. Slate |
| Spike Milligan | Tramp |
| Wilfrid Brambell | Postie |
| Terry Scott | Sergeant |
| Fabia Drake | Mrs Pinner |
| Harold Berens | Sammy |
| Ewan Roberts | Jimmy |
| Archie Duncan | MacDonald |
| Gordon Rollings | Doone |
| Lloyd Reckord | Jojo |
| Lance Percival | Policeman at Roundabout |
| Molly Weir | Teacher |
| Fyfe Robertson | Self |
| John Stevenson Lang | Crofter |
| Alastair Hunter | 1st Scot |
| Alan Casley | 2nd Scot |
| Frank Forsyth | 3rd Scot |
| Trevor Peacock | Barrow Boy (uncredited) |
| Amanda Barrie | Chelsea Girl (uncredited) |
| George Hilsdon | Monster Maker (uncredited) |
| Peter Greenspan | Freddy (uncredited) |
| Graham Stuart | Lover (uncredited) |
| Eileen Gourlay | Lover (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Terry Nation | Writer |
| Gilbert Gunn | Director |
| Name | Title |
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| Edward Joseph | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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Heart-throb pop star Adam Faith ("Tony") is a struggling author who cannot get his book about the famed Loch Ness monster published. It purports to be a serious work and naturally all the publishers know there's no such beastie. Determined to prove them wrong, he and some pals fake some photos and s ... oon the world and it's wife is heading to verify the sightings. Now as a Scot, this irked on a couple of levels - not least Faith's appalling attempt at the accent and director Gilbert Gunn's determination not to use any Scottish actors at all, as far as I could see. Sidney James as the Highland hotel owner really did take the proverbial biscuit. Despite these rather obvious, doubtless budget-driven clangers, at times it's actually quite a fun, light-hearted, wheeze but it's really let down by the fairly stilted acting across the board which is almost as ropey as the stereotype-ridden script. Needless to say, the filming never left the home counties and as for the theme song - well, least said. It does have a nostalgia value - simple comedy around an even more simple story, but it's still not very good.