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Our Miss Fred

Our Miss Fred

5.8/ 10

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9

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1972

Release Year

92 min

Runtime

Comedy
War

Overview

Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.

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Keywords

world war ii
cross dressing
drag
1940s
occupied france (1940-44)
female impersonator
drag show
girl guides

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Reviews(2)

3.5avg rating
dennyjt

dennyjt

August 1, 2022

2
2/10

La Rue was the UK's pre-eminent drag artist of the era and this was his only movie. This is a farce set in France in the early days of World War 2, as Germany invades and soldier La Rue, a third-rate music hall performer before being drafted, finds himself separated from his unit, in full female at

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

February 13, 2023

5
5/10

Hmmm. Unfortunately, here, Danny La Rue just never convinces at the Shakespearian actor "Fred Wimbush" in the first place and so for me this quickly descends into an hybrid of "La Grande Vadrouille" (1966) and a "Carry On" film - and not a very funny one, either. He and his troupe are out entertaini

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