Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961)
Essentially a one-joke comedy hanging on the thinnest of plots, this routine series of slapstick situations is directed by Don Chaffey and concerns the ineptitude of an Air Force officer, Captain Kingsley (Jimmy Edwards). The likeable Captain has a fixation on mechanical contrivances, but at the same time he is an accident waiting to happen. The wait is never long, and so the Prime Minister himself orders everyone into action when the Captain comes up missing -- who knows what disaster may lie in the wings. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor, (more)
- Director(s):
- Don Chaffey
Synopsis of Nearly a Nasty Accident
Essentially a one-joke comedy hanging on the thinnest of plots, this routine series of slapstick situations is directed by Don Chaffey and concerns the ineptitude of an Air Force officer, Captain Kingsley (Jimmy Edwards). The likeable Captain has a fixation on mechanical contrivances, but at the same time he is an accident waiting to happen. The wait is never long, and so the Prime Minister himself orders everyone into action when the Captain comes up missing -- who knows what disaster may lie in the wings. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
Complete Cast of Nearly a Nasty Accident
- Jimmy Edwards - Group Capt. Kingsley
- Shirley Eaton - Cpl. Jean Briggs
- Jon Pertwee - Gen. Birkenshaw
- Jack Watling - Flight Lt. Grogan
- Charlotte Mitchell - Miss Chamberlain
- Joe Don Baker - Watkins
- Harold Goodwin - Aircraft Mechanic
- Ian Whittaker - Railway Transport Officer
- Peter Jones - Flight Lt. Winters
- John Forrest - Bunthorpe
- Kenneth Connor - AC 2 Alexander Wood
- Richard Wattis - Wagstaffe
- Eric Barker - The Prime Minister
- Cyril Chamberlain - Warrant Officer Breech
- Joyce Carey - Lady Trowborough
- Jack Douglas - Balmer
- Ronnie Stevens - Flight Lt. Pocock
- Emrys Leyshon - Ambulance Driver
- Terry Scott - Sam Stokes
- Vincent Ball - Crybwyth Sergeant
- Director(s):
- Don Chaffey
- Writer(s):
- Hugh Woodhouse, Jack Davies
- Producer(s):
- Bertram M. Ostrer
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