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What a Whopper

What a Whopper

6,2 /10 (15 Votes)
1961 EN 90 min

Overview

A writer attempts to raise some cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness Monster. No publisher will take it because they all think there isn't really a monster. The writer and some of his friends make a fake monster and take photographs and then travel to Scotland to see if they can convince the locals.

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Release date

17/10/1961

Votes

15

Popularity

1.3

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Released

Language

EN

Runtime

90 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2023-10-22

⭐ 5

Heart-throb pop star Adam Faith ("Tony") is a struggling author who cannot get his book about the famed Loch Ness monster published. It purports to be a serious work and naturally all the publishers know there's no such beastie. Determined to prove them wrong, he and some pals fake some photos and soon the world and it's wife is heading to verify the sightings. Now as a Scot, this irked on a couple of levels - not least Faith's appalling attempt at the accent and director Gilbert Gunn's determination not to use any Scottish actors at all, as far as I could see. Sidney James as the Highland hot…

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