Mr. Drake's Duck

Sep 21, 1951

1h 25m

★ 5.3

The hilarious story of the duck that lays ATOMIC eggs!

Overview

Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds out about this, the Armed Forces storm onto the farm in a frantic search for the duck responsible.

Genres

Comedy

Science Fiction

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Cast

Donald 'Don' Drake

Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

Penny Drake

Yolande Donlan

Reuben

Jon Pertwee

Mr. May

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Mr. Boothby

Reginald Beckwith

Maj. Travers

Howard Marion-Crawford

Higgins

Peter Butterworth

Brig. Matthews

A.E. Matthews

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