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Nearly a Nasty Accident
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Wikipedia article
'Nearly a Nasty Accident' is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Jimmy Edwards, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton and Eric Barker.
A mechanically minded but accident-prone aircraftman (Kenneth Connor) creates chaos and arouses the anger of a promotion-seeking Group Captain (Jimmy Edwards).
Cast
* Jimmy Edwards as Group Captain Kingsley
* Kenneth Connor as AC 2 Alexander Wood
* Shirley Eaton as Corporal Jean Briggs
* Eric Barker as Air Minister
* Jon Pertwee as General Birkinshaw
* Ronnie Stevens as Flight Lieutenant Pocock
* Richard Wattis as Wagstaffe
* Joyce Carey as Lady Trowborough
* Peter Jones as Flight Lieutenant Winters
* Terry Scott as Sam Stokes
* Charlotte Mitchell as Miss Chamberlain
* Jack Watling as Flight Lieutenant Grogan
* Joe Baker as Watkins
* Jack Douglas as Balmer
* Cyril Chamberlain as Warrant Officer Breech
* John Forrest as Flight Lieutenant Bunthorpe
* Vincent Ball as Sergeant at Crybwyth
* Harold Goodwin as Aircraft Mechanic
Critical response
'The New York Times' called the film "essentially a one-joke comedy hanging on the thinnest of plots." 'TV Guide' said "Connor is a soldier who is obsessed with repairing things and is fascinated with anything mechanical, in this cute British comedy".
References
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