The Super Secret Service

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The Super Secret Service
The Super Secret Service film Opening titles (1953).jpg
Directed byCharles W. Green
Screenplay by Spike Milligan
Larry Stephens (credited as Larry Stevens)
Produced byJohn H. Robertson
Starring Peter Sellers
Graham Stark
Dick Emery
Ray Ellington and his Quartet
CinematographyBunny Onions
Edited byBob Rymer
Production
company
New Realm
Distributed by Butcher's Film Service
Release date
  • 1953 (1953)
Running time
23 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Super Secret Service is a 1953 British black and white short comedy film directed by Charles W. Green and starring Peter Sellers, Graham Stark, Dick Emery and Ray Ellington and his Quartet. [1] It was written by Spike Milligan and Larry Stephens (credited as "Larry Stevens").

Contents

The film was thought lost but recovered in 2025, when it was shown on the UK TV channel Talking Pictures TV. [2]

Plot

The Super Secret Service, MI-15, is hunting the mysterious foreign spy known as "Q".

Cast

Music

The Ray Ellington Quartet performs the song "Teddy Bears' Picnic" (Bratton/Kennedy).

Reception

Kine Weekly wrote: "Crazy comedy burlesque on MI5. Its co-stars make good sport of bureaucracy and the picturesque villains of espionage and fiction, while Ray Ellington and his Quartet effectively punctuate the gags. Just the thing to tickle the industrial and provincial ninepennies. Lively British quota fill-up." [3]

References

  1. ↑ "The Super Secret Service". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  2. ↑ "TPTV Schedule May 12th to May 18th 2025" (PDF). Talking Pictures TV . Retrieved 16 May 2025.
  3. ↑ "The Super Secret Service". Kine Weekly . 437 (2409): 23. 27 August 1953. ProQuest   2738578765.
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