Mister Drake's Duck Movie Review 1950

American newlyweds Don (Fairbanks Jr.) and Penny (Donlan) Drake settle down on the English farm that Don has inherited. At a auction, Penny mistakenly buys five dozen ducks, one of which turns out to lay radioactive eggs. Soon the British Army has quarantined the farm and then other branches of the military turn up--all claiming the duck and turning the Drakes' life into chaos. Rather dated, but still amusing, satire on nuclear arms and the military. Based on a play by Ian Messiter.

Distribution

First Run Features, The Film Center Building, 630 Ninth Ave., Ste. 1213, New York, NY 10036, Phone: (212)243-0600, Toll-free: 800-229-8575, Fax: (212)989-7649, Email: info@firstrunfeatures.com, URL: http://www.firstrunfeatures.com

Available on VHS
Running time 80 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Satire & Parody, Military: Foreign, Great Britain, Adapted from a Play, Newlyweds

Screenplay

Val Guest

Cast

Douglas Fairbanks, Yolande Donlan, Reginald Beckwith, Howard Marion-Crawford, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Jon Pertwee, John Boxer, A.E. Matthews

Cinematography

Jack Cox, Harry Gillam

Director

Val Guest

Music

Bruce Campbell

Producer

Daniel M. Angel, Eros Films, United Artists