Fiddlers Three (1944 film)
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Fiddlers Three is a 1944 British black-and-white musical comedy. It includes a number of musical sections, mainly focussing on replacing the word "home" with "Rome". The film was produced by Michael Balcon and directed by Harry Watt. The cast included Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Frances Day, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Decker and Elisabeth Welch. Making their film debuts were James Robertson Justice,[2] and Kay Kendall near the bottom of the cast list, as the "Girl Who Asks About Her Future At Orgy".[3] The film follows the adventures of two sailors and a Wren who are struck by lightning and transported back to Ancient Rome, where they are accepted as seers.
Fiddlers Three | |
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Directed by | Harry Watt |
Screenplay by | Angus MacPhail, Diana Morgan |
Produced by | Michael Balcon |
Starring | Tommy Trinder, Sonnie Hale, Frances Day, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Decker, Elisabeth Welch James Robertson Justice |
Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | Eily Boland |
Music by | Spike Hughes |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Ealing Distribution |
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Running time | 88 minutes (65 minutes USA edit) [1] |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The title comes from the nursery rhyme "Old King Cole".
The film was called While Nero Fiddled on its USA release. It is a loose sequel to the 1940 film Sailors Three which had also starred Trinder. The film was only moderately successful at the British Box Office but proved to be a major hit in Australia.[4]