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Mister Drake's Duck (1950)
Country of Origin: UK
Year of Production: 1950
Running Times: 75 mins (USA) 85 mins (UK)
Format: black and white 35mm
Ratio: 1.37:1
Sound: mono
CREDITS
PRODUCTION
Production Company: Dougfair Corporation / United Artists
Producer: Daniel M. Angel
SCRIPT
Script: Val
Guest
Story: Ian Messiter
DIRECTION
Director: Val
Guest
Assistant Director: George Fowler
PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Jack Cox
Camera Operator: Harry Gillam
EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION
Editors: Sam Simmonds, Adam Dawson
MUSIC
Music: Bruce Campbell
Musical Director: Philip Martell
SOUND
Sound: H.C. Pearson
MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: F. Williamson
Hair: Joan Carpenter
Costume Designer: Julie Harris
DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Maurice
Carter
Title Designer: David Langton
LOCATIONS
Locations: Steyning, Sussex, England, UK
CAST
Douglas Fairbanks Jr (Donald Drake)
Yolande Donlan (Penny Drake)
Jon Pertwee (Reuben)
Wilfrid Hyde-White (Mr May)
Reginald Beckwith (Mr Boothby)
Howard Marion-Crawford (Major Travers)
Peter Butterworth (Higgins)
A.E. Matthews (Brigadier Matthews)
Tom Gill (Captain White)
John Boxer (Sergeant)
Gilbert Davis (Sergeant Major)
Ballard Berkeley (Major Deans)
Roger Maxwell (Colonel Maitland)
Harry Fowler (Corporal)
Bruce Belfrage (Air Vice Marshall)
Raymond Rollett (Admiral)
Frederick Bradshaw (Wing Commander)
Frank Phillips (BBC announcer)
Richard Littledale (Member of Parliament)
George Merritt (Home secretary)
Arthur Hill (American Vice Consul)
Ben Williams (auctioneer)
Danny Green (truck driver)
SUMMARY
On their quiet Sussex farm, the peaceful lives of
Mr. Drake and his wife are shattered when one of their hens lays a uranium
egg. The army descends on the farm and the search is on for the hen
that laid it.
AVAILABILITY
USA
Theatrical Distributor: United Artists
CENSORSHIP HISTORY
Finland
Rating: S
TIMELINE
1951
March
9: Finland - theatrical release
September
21: USA - theatrical release
1952
September
5: West Germany - theatrical release
ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Alto comando: operazione uranio - Italian
title
Ankka ja atomimuna - Finnish title
Die Atomente - German title
Gestörte Flitterwochen - German title
Mrs Drake's Duck - early title
El pato atómico - Spanish title
REFERENCES
BOOKS
Reference Guide to Fantastic Films p.307
credits
So You Want to Be In Pictures: From Will
Hay to Hammer Horror and James Bond by Val Guest pp.48, 100,
104, 107-108, 109, 135, 171, 184
production notes
KEYWORDS
eggs, farms, hens, military, radiation, satire
Last Updated:
15 October, 2008
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