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For the 1970 film starring Jason Robards and Peter Falk, see <a href="/wiki/Rosolino_Patern%C3%B2,_soldato..." title="Rosolino Paternò, soldato...">Rosolino Paternò, soldato...</a></div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size: 125%; font-style: italic;">On the Fiddle</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg/220px-On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/7e/On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg/330px-On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7e/On_the_Fiddle_1961_quad_poster.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="254" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Original UK <a href="/wiki/Film_poster#Film_poster_sizes" title="Film poster">quad size poster</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Frankel" title="Cyril Frankel">Cyril Frankel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data">Harold Buchman</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="/wiki/Stop_at_a_Winner" title="Stop at a Winner">Stop at a Winner</a></i><br />by <a href="/wiki/R.F._Delderfield" class="mw-redirect" title="R.F. Delderfield">R.F. Delderfield</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Fisz" title="Benjamin Fisz">Benjamin Fisz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lynch" title="Alfred Lynch">Alfred Lynch</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parker" title="Cecil Parker">Cecil Parker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Hyde-White" title="Wilfrid Hyde-White">Wilfrid Hyde-White</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Harrison" title="Kathleen Harrison">Kathleen Harrison</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Summerfield" title="Eleanor Summerfield">Eleanor Summerfield</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Barker" title="Eric Barker">Eric Barker</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Longdon" title="Terence Longdon">Terence Longdon</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King">Alan King</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Scaife" title="Edward Scaife">Edward Scaife</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_R._Hunt" title="Peter R. Hunt">Peter Hunt</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Malcolm_Arnold" title="Malcolm Arnold">Malcolm Arnold</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;">Coronado Productions</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anglo_Amalgamated" class="mw-redirect" title="Anglo Amalgamated">Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release date</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>10 October 1961<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1961-10-10</span>)</span> (UK)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">86 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>On the Fiddle</b></i> (U.S. titles <i><b>Operation Snafu</b></i> and <i><b>Operation War Head</b></i>) is a 1961 British <a href="/wiki/Comedy_film" title="Comedy film">comedy film</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Cyril_Frankel" title="Cyril Frankel">Cyril Frankel</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lynch" title="Alfred Lynch">Alfred Lynch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parker" title="Cecil Parker">Cecil Parker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eric_Barker" title="Eric Barker">Eric Barker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mike_Sarne" title="Mike Sarne">Mike Sarne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Hyde-White" title="Wilfrid Hyde-White">Wilfrid Hyde-White</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Harrison" title="Kathleen Harrison">Kathleen Harrison</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victor_Maddern" title="Victor Maddern">Victor Maddern</a> and <a href="/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier" title="John Le Mesurier">John Le Mesurier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-BFIsearch_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BFIsearch-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The screenplay was by Harold Buchman, based on the 1961 novel <i><a href="/wiki/Stop_at_a_Winner" title="Stop at a Winner">Stop at a Winner</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/R.F._Delderfield" class="mw-redirect" title="R.F. Delderfield">R.F. Delderfield</a> who served in the <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a> in World War II. </p><p>It was Sean Connery's tenth film and his first lead role, released the year before his big breakthrough as <a href="/wiki/James_Bond" title="James Bond">James Bond</a> in the 1962 film <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._No_(film)" title="Dr. No (film)">Dr No</a></i>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spiv" title="Spiv">spiv</a> Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation, he tells the magistrate he is working in the <a href="/wiki/Black_market" title="Black market">black market</a> only while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the magistrate calls his bluff and forces him to sign up. </p><p>Pope joins the <a href="/wiki/RAF" class="mw-redirect" title="RAF">RAF</a>. Very quickly, he makes friends with the easy going, but loyal, Pedlar Pascoe who happily goes along with all of his scams, which mainly involve taking money for leave passes and for organising postings close to home. The pair do their utmost to make a bit on the side and avoid being sent into action. </p><p>Their record eventually catches up with them, but by that time they have been sent on a mission to <a href="/wiki/Occupied_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupied France">occupied France</a>, where they continue their scams, selling food and supplies to the grateful newly-liberated French. </p><p>They unexpectedly become heroes, after killing a group of German soldiers who had them pinned down in a forest. They are decorated by the American forces to whom they have been attached, and their commanding officer, who has a sneaking admiration for their schemes, tears up their record of crimes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 25em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Lynch" title="Alfred Lynch">Alfred Lynch</a> as Horace Pope</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a> as Pedlar Pascoe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Parker" title="Cecil Parker">Cecil Parker</a> as Group Captain Bascombe</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Holloway" title="Stanley Holloway">Stanley Holloway</a> as Cooksley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King">Alan King</a> as Technical Sergeant Buzzer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Barker" title="Eric Barker">Eric Barker</a> as Doctor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilfrid_Hyde-White" title="Wilfrid Hyde-White">Wilfrid Hyde-White</a> as Trowbridge</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_Harrison" title="Kathleen Harrison">Kathleen Harrison</a> as Mrs Cooksley</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beatrix_Lehmann" title="Beatrix Lehmann">Beatrix Lehmann</a> as Lady Edith</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleanor_Summerfield" title="Eleanor Summerfield">Eleanor Summerfield</a> as Flora McNaughton</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miriam_Karlin" title="Miriam Karlin">Miriam Karlin</a> as WAAF sergeant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Longdon" title="Terence Longdon">Terence Longdon</a> as air gunner</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Maddern" title="Victor Maddern">Victor Maddern</a> as first airman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_Locke" title="Harry Locke">Harry Locke</a> as Huxtable</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Le_Mesurier" title="John Le Mesurier">John Le Mesurier</a> as Hixon</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viola_Keats" title="Viola Keats">Viola Keats</a> as Sister</li> <li>Peter Sinclair as Mr Pope</li> <li>Edna Morris as Lil</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Heathcote" title="Thomas Heathcote">Thomas Heathcote</a> as sergeant</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Weske" title="Brian Weske">Brian Weske</a> as corporal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Lambert_(British_actor)" title="Jack Lambert (British actor)">Jack Lambert</a> as police constable</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyril_Smith_(actor)" title="Cyril Smith (actor)">Cyril Smith</a> as ticket collector</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_Lack" title="Simon Lack">Simon Lack</a> as Flight Lieutenant Baldwin</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graham_Stark" title="Graham Stark">Graham Stark</a> as Sergeant Ellis</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean_Aubrey" title="Jean Aubrey">Jean Aubrey</a> as WAAF corporal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Smethurst" title="Jack Smethurst">Jack Smethurst</a> as Dai Tovey</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Priscilla_Morgan" title="Priscilla Morgan">Priscilla Morgan</a> as Gwynneth Tovey</li> <li>Richard Hart as P.O. Trumper</li> <li>Ian Whittaker as Lancing</li> <li>Stuart Saunders as Sarge</li> <li>Monty Landis as conductor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_J._Warren" title="Kenneth J. Warren">Kenneth J. Warren</a> as Dusty</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Hallett" title="Neil Hallett">Neil Hallett</a> as 1st Australian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patsy_Rowlands" title="Patsy Rowlands">Patsy Rowlands</a> as Evie</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Owen_(actor)" title="Bill Owen (actor)">Bill Owen</a> as Corporal Gittens</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Goodwin_(English_actor)" title="Harold Goodwin (English actor)">Harold Goodwin</a> as Corporal Reeves</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Windsor" title="Barbara Windsor">Barbara Windsor</a> as Mavis</li> <li>Toni Palmer as Ivy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ann_Beach" title="Ann Beach">Ann Beach</a> as Iris</li> <li>Gary Cockrell as U.S. Snowdrop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Sarne" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Sarne">Michael Sarne</a> as German officer</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The fighting scenes in the woods were shot in and around "The Sandpit" on <a href="/wiki/Horsell_Common" title="Horsell Common">Horsell Common</a> near <a href="/wiki/Woking,_Surrey" class="mw-redirect" title="Woking, Surrey">Woking, Surrey</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Interiors were completed at <a href="/wiki/Shepperton_Studios" title="Shepperton Studios">Shepperton Studios</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surrey" title="Surrey">Surrey</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Releases">Releases</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Releases"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg/150px-On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg" decoding="async" width="150" height="226" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg/225px-On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/74/On_the_Fiddle_FilmPoster.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="257" data-file-height="387" /></a><figcaption>US poster, emphasising Sean Connery and unknown woman, who does not feature in film</figcaption></figure> <p>The film was not released in the United States until 21 May 1965, retitled <i>Operation Snafu</i> <sup id="cite_ref-USrelease_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USrelease-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and later <i>Operation War Head</i> <sup id="cite_ref-USrelease_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-USrelease-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by distributor <a href="/wiki/American_International_Pictures" title="American International Pictures">American International Pictures</a>. The titles, as well as the advertising campaign, downplayed the comedic aspects of the film as well as Connery's original second-billing. During a 1961 trip to England <a href="/wiki/Alan_King" title="Alan King">Alan King</a> made a brief appearance in the film and forgot about it until the American release gave him second billing.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and Connery would work together again on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Anderson_Tapes" title="The Anderson Tapes">The Anderson Tapes</a></i> (1971)<i>.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Monthly_Film_Bulletin" title="The Monthly Film Bulletin">The Monthly Film Bulletin</a></i> wrote: "Basically, there's little to choose between this and any other briskly made British service farce. But the differences that distinguish it are important – namely, Alfred Lynch and, to a lesser degree, Sean Connery. As the cockney spiv, Pope, Lynch takes the trouble to create a real character not just a caricature. Thus the string of comic incidents take on a whacky credibility that springs directly from the shrewdly observed manipulator in charge of them. Connery is almost equally believable. His slow, conscience-ridden and rather gormless Pascoe is the ideal foil for Pope's quick-wittedness. Only at the end does the film lose contact with his essential character when he miraculously demonstrates a wily bravery in besting the enemy. For the rest, director Cyril Frankel handles the barrack-room humour with a firmness that, in the main, doesn't let its exhibitionist supporting cast ... over-dominate or its jokes overrun their limits."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reviewing the film in <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, following its 1965 US release, Howard Thompson noted that the release was "an obvious cash-in" on Connery's popularity as James Bond, but found it, "a friendly little wartime comedy from England." He wrote that, "The wonder is that a picture with a story already done, gag by gag, a hundred times is so easy to take. It is, though — flip, friendly, brisk and a wee bit cynical in its take-it-or-leave-it jauntiness", and concluded that, "The film is familiar and trifling, but it's perky."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>The <a href="/wiki/Radio_Times" title="Radio Times">Radio Times</a> Guide to Films</i> gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "Sean Connery was only a year away from becoming an international superstar in <i><a href="/wiki/Dr._No_(film)" title="Dr. No (film)">Dr No</a></i> when he took the role of a dim witted gypsy in this hit-and-miss comedy. He plays second fiddle to Alfred Lynch, who stars as a conman inducted into the army. Known in the States as <i>Operation Snafu</i>, this was presumably meant to be a minor variation on the <i><a href="/wiki/Sergeant_Bilko" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergeant Bilko">Bilko</a></i> theme. Sadly, it feels more like one of those wartime morale boosters featuring a couple of fading music-hall comics."<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Halliwell" title="Leslie Halliwell">Leslie Halliwell</a> said: "Curious mixture of farce and action, more on American lines than British, but quite entertainingly presented."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=On_the_Fiddle&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-BFIsearch-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BFIsearch_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038251">"On the Fiddle"</a>. <i>British Film Institute Collections Search</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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