"Only the Nazis don't think it's so funny!"

1944

1h 5m

4.8(9 votes)

Comedy

War

Overview

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

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11 members

Acting

Elsa Lanchester

Ella Muggins

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Gordon Oliver

Capt. Franz von Weber

Acting

Lenore Aubert

Grete Neumann

Acting

Lionel Royce

Sturmfuehrer Karl Dietrich

Acting

Fritz Feld

Chief Janitor

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Lloyd Corrigan

Prof. Frederick Walthers

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Gavin Muir

Herr Joyce / Lord Haw-Haw

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Anita Sharp-Bolster

Agnes

Acting

Lumsden Hare

Freighter Captain Mack

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Lydia Bilbrook

Millie

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Joseph Vitale

Lt. Bosch

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