Desert Mice
Date: 1959
Director: Michael Relph
Production Company: Welbeck Films Ltd., Artna Films Ltd.
Stars: Alfred Marks, Patricia Bredin, Sid James, Dora Bryan, Dick Bentley, Reginald Beckwith, Irene Handl
Location(s): London
Region(s): London C-D, Rest Of The World
Storyline:
During the Second World War, an entertainment troupe bring comedy and chaos to North Africa before unveiling enemy spies.
Additional Information:
Screen captures by Phil Wilkinson
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During World War II, ENSA brought entertainment to troops in every theatre of war under conditions that were usually difficult and often dangerous. This view of the truck carrying a troupe of artistes appears quite French.
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At the studio, the ensemble get out of the truck whilst Gay Bennett (Dora Bryan) plays accordion and her husband Bert (Sid James) sings.
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Major Poskett (Alfred Marks) listens as his aide Peter Ribston (Kenneth Fortescue) breaks the news that the enemy have broken through the Low Countries and are heading for France.
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Returning to London, Major Poskett is praised for his action in saving a box labelled top secret from the invaders. Whitehall in SW1.
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As troops embark at the docks, the Major is happy to accept the post of entertainments officer for the voyage to the Middle East before discovering that he has been put in charge of Bennet's ENSA company.
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At a port in North Africa, Gay watches as the troupe's equipment is unloaded onto the quayside.
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Various stock views of, supposedly, North Africa are seen as Ribston takes the ENSA company on a tour of cabaret venues, Officers' clubs and mess halls.
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Garah and Kufarah are two of the fictional, or horrendously misspelled, locations mentioned on the tour before the entertainers return to Cairo.
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And there's plenty of chasing across the desert . . . which could be Camber Sands.