A well-named Scout troop played by a real life pop group jumps through good turn-hoops, but keeps landing in the soup.A well-named Scout troop played by a real life pop group jumps through good turn-hoops, but keeps landing in the soup.A well-named Scout troop played by a real life pop group jumps through good turn-hoops, but keeps landing in the soup.
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Cheryl Molineaux
- Girl Guide
- (as Cheryl Molyneaux)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTook over two years to get a release at a time when the world moved on very quickly; Freddie & The Dreamers had been out of the charts for two years.
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Music and lyrics by Freddie Garrity, Peter Birrell, Roy Crewdson, Bernie Dwyer, Derek Quinn (as Frederick Garrity and the Dreamers)
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Yes. This film was certainly released.
In answer to another comment from someone who wondered whether this film had been released, I can assure him/her that it was. I remember seeing the photographs outside a London cinema around 1967 or 1968. If I remember correctly, Freddie Garity was dressed as a boy scout. As a boy scout myself at the time I can tell you that each troop is divided into patrols, and that each patrol is named after an animal or a bird.
By that time, Freddie and the Dreamers were past their sell-by date. I did not want to see an overgrown Freddie playing a boy scout, so it did not take much willpower to resist the urge to enter the cinema.
With hindsight, I can see that Freddie and Co were unique in rock music, and were a better band than people give them credit for. But, at the time, pop stars were put in films that were usually absolute crap. The only film of this kind that I have found impressive is Adam Faith in Mix Me a Person.
By that time, Freddie and the Dreamers were past their sell-by date. I did not want to see an overgrown Freddie playing a boy scout, so it did not take much willpower to resist the urge to enter the cinema.
With hindsight, I can see that Freddie and Co were unique in rock music, and were a better band than people give them credit for. But, at the time, pop stars were put in films that were usually absolute crap. The only film of this kind that I have found impressive is Adam Faith in Mix Me a Person.
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- loza-1
- May 21, 2005
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Filming locations
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK(studio: produced at Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer Studios, Boreham Wood, England)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 16 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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