Operation Snatch

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Operation Snatch
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Directed by Robert Day
Written by Alan Hackney
Len Heath
John Warren
Story byPaul Mills
Produced by Jules Buck
Starring Terry-Thomas
George Sanders
Lionel Jeffries
Jocelyn Lane
Cinematography Geoffrey Faithfull
Edited byBert Rule
Music by Ken Jones
Distributed byRegal Films International (UK)
Release date
  • March 1962 (1962-03)(UK)
Running time
87 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Operation Snatch is a 1962 British comedy film starring Terry-Thomas and George Sanders and directed by Robert Day. [1] [2]

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Plot

The story takes place in Gibraltar, and is based on a local legend: if the resident Barbary apes were ever to leave, the British would lose Gibraltar. This wartime comedy has Terry-Thomas as the keeper of the apes. When one of the apes goes missing, he is required to go behind enemy lines to capture another one, or be personally responsible for the loss of Gibraltar.

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References

  1. Crowther, Bosley (25 September 1962). "Screen: Terry-Thomas and Slapstick; Gibraltar Is Setting of 'Operation Snatch' Picture Pits Comedian Against a Thin Plot". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. "Operation Snatch (1962)". BFI . Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2018.