![]() ![]() There's a suitable amount of flag-waving, islanders loyal to His Majesty, a cute kid, and a nasty German sergeant. It's still absurd in retrospect, but everyone in the movie takes it seriously, which helps some with a cast that includes George Coulouris (in his first of nine appearances in director Ralph Thomas' movies) as the cultured cattle-breeding officer in charge of the island, and Noel Purcell as the navigator who knows the local waters. Before you scoff, please be aware that something similar was done in rescuing the Aldenay breed from the Channel Island of that name. The preparations are extensive and unique, because they're trying to bring out a prize purebred cow. He needs a local guide, and that turns out to be Glynis Johns. ![]() The High Command have ordered a rescue mission on the (fictional) island of Amorel. ![]() It's the Second World War, and the Germans have just occupied the Channel Islands. ![]()
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