Don’t Panic Chaps! (1959): Cast & Plot
Don’t Panic Chaps! is a 1959 war comedy directed by George Pollock, starring Percy Herbert as Bolter, George Murcell and Gertan Klauber. It runs 1 hour 25 minutes.
- Release year
- Runtime
- 1h 25m (85 min)
- Director
- George Pollock
- Original language
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English - Studio
- A.C.T. Films
- After the credits
- No No extra scene
What Is Don’t Panic Chaps! About?
The premise of Don’t Panic Chaps! without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.
During World II, four British soldiers set up an observation post on a deserted Mediterranean island, where they encounter four German soldiers in a monastery. The two forces call a truce and share the building while awaiting reinforcements. When a shipwrecked Slavic girl reaches the shore, a fierce struggle erupts among the men, with the fate of the island at stake.
Don’t Panic Chaps! Themes & Keywords
· 50 tags- island
- world war two
- dinghy
- year 1943
- nazi germany
- wehrmacht
- united kingdom
- british empire
- axis powers
- adriatic sea
- italian peninsula
- european theatre of world war two
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- mediterranean and middle east theatre of world war two
- woman wears only a man's shirt
- italian
- soldier
- rubber boat
- bare chested male
- military
- dinosaur skeleton
- archeological dig
- dinosaur bone
- hiding
- rescue
- mediterranean sea
- mission
- pantry
- kitchen
- binoculars
- stranded on an island
- truce
- secret passageway
- temple
- secret door
- u boat
- submarine
- fistfight
- shipwrecked
- washed ashore
- beach
- handfishing
- german officer
- german soldier
- german army
- british army
- cook
- male rear nudity
- romantic rivalry
- cooking
- slapstick comedy
Don’t Panic Chaps! Cast & Characters
Percy Herbert leads the cast as Bolter, with George Murcell as Meister and Gertan Klauber as Schmidt. Directed by George Pollock; 11 actors are credited in all.
- Director George Pollock
- Percy Herbert as Bolter
- George Murcell as Meister
- Gertan Klauber as Schmidt
- Nadja Regin as Elsa
Also Starring in Don’t Panic Chaps!
· 7 more- Terence Alexander Lieutenant Babbington
- Harry Fowler Ackroyd
- Dennis Price
- George Cole
- Thorley Walters
- Nicholas Phipps Mortimer
- Thomas Foulkes Voss
Don’t Panic Chaps! Plot Summary
What happens in Don’t Panic Chaps! from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 12 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 3-minute read.
Spoilers ahead
Just after the Battle of El Alamein, British troops undergo practical training in recognizing enemy planes and ships, and learn to operate an inflatable dinghy. They are then transported by submarine to a remote Adriatic island, where they set up camp and quickly realize the island is not uninhabited. A chance encounter occurs when one of the British soldiers bumps into a German soldier while both are skinny dipping in the sea, revealing that the island hosts a small German unit that has been guarding stores meant to resupply German submarines, yet has somehow been forgotten by their superiors.
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The whole story of Don’t Panic Chaps!, scene by scene
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Desperate Journey 1942
Don’t Panic Chaps! FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date
Runtime, release date, director, cast and post-credit scenes of Don’t Panic Chaps!, each answered in a sentence.
How long is Don’t Panic Chaps!?
Don’t Panic Chaps! runs 1 hour 25 minutes (85 minutes).
When was Don’t Panic Chaps! released?
Don’t Panic Chaps! was released in 1959.
Who directed Don’t Panic Chaps!?
Don’t Panic Chaps! was directed by George Pollock.
More films by George Pollock Who is in the cast of Don’t Panic Chaps!?
Don’t Panic Chaps! stars Percy Herbert as Bolter, George Murcell as Meister and Gertan Klauber as Schmidt, among 11 credited actors.
Does Don’t Panic Chaps! have a post-credit scene?
No. Don’t Panic Chaps! has no extra scene during or after the credits.
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