Mister Drake's Duck
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| Directed by | Val Guest |
| Produced by | Daniel M. Angel |
| Written by | Ian Messiter Val Guest |
| Starring | Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Yolande Donlan Jon Pertwee |
| Music by | Bruce Campbell |
| Cinematography | Jack E. Cox |
| Edited by | Sam Simmonds |
| Distributed by | Eros Films UK United Artists US |
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85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Budget | ₤100,000[1] |
Mister Drake's Duck is a 1951 British science fiction comedy film directed by Val Guest and starring Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Yolande Donlan, Jon Pertwee, Wilfrid Hyde-White and Reginald Beckwith. Mr Drake, a farmer, discovers that his hens have started laying radioactive eggs.[2]
Plot
Mr. Drake (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) inherits "Green Acres Farm" in Sussex, in the English countryside, and moves in with his new American bride Penny (Yolande Donlan). Through a misunderstanding, Penny unexpectedly finds herself the proud owner of 60 ducks. She is further astonished when one of the ducks begins laying radioactive eggs. As the news spreads, the Drakes find themselves under siege by the army. "Green Acres Farm" is designated a prohibited area, and all its inhabitants and visitors made prisoners. "Operation Chickweed" is formed: a bureaucratic concern wherein the army, Navy and Air Force all lay separate claims upon the atom-age duck.
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
- Ballard Berkeley - Major Deans
- Roger Maxwell - Colonel Maitland
- Ben Williams - Auctioneer
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "Mister Drake's Duck is responsible for some chuckles, a few good-natured gibes at the British armed services and civil servants and the international race for atomic supremacy," concluding, "they do come up with enough laughs to make Mister Drake's Duck a pleasant if slight lampoon." [3]
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External links
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