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31/01/1944 Comedy, War 1h 5m
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Only the Nazis don't think it's so funny!

Overview

An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.

  1. Ray McCarey

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Elsa Lanchester

    Ella Muggins

  2. Gordon Oliver

    Capt. Franz von Weber

  3. Lenore Aubert

    Grete Neumann

  4. Lionel Royce

    Sturmfuehrer Karl Dietrich

  5. Fritz Feld

    Chief Janitor

  6. Lloyd Corrigan

    Prof. Frederick Walthers

  7. Gavin Muir

    Herr Joyce / Lord Haw-Haw

  8. Anita Sharp-Bolster

    Agnes

  9. Lumsden Hare

    Freighter Captain Mack

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-06-30
This is a charming little yarn showcasing Elsa Lanchester on her own for a change. She is a British cleaning woman ("Mrs. Muggins") who, in possession of her late husband's "lucky" glass eye, sets off from a bombed London to get herself a job as a cleaner in Hitler's own Chancellory and to assassinate him. It's all a bit far fetched, but has some fun touches - the photo of her late husband is Charles Laughton; she washes the windows then wipes her hands on the Nazi flag - and in general, as the deaf and dumb "Frau Müller", she runs rings around the German military elite. Rarely seen nowadays,...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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