The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
- The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
Infobox Film
name = The Case of the
Mukkinese Battle Horn
caption =
director = Joseph Sterling
producer =Harry Booth
Michael Deeley
Jon Penington
writer = Harry Booth
Jon Penington
Larry Stephens
Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
starring = Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Dick Emery
music = Edwin Astley
cinematography = Brian Rhodes
editing =
distributor =
released = 1956
runtime = 27 min.
country = UK
awards =
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:8499
imdb_id = 0049059
"The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn" is a short comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan and Dick Emery. The film was made in 1956.
Supposedly filmed in 'Schitzophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a London museum. Along the way he meets characters not dissimilar to Eccles, Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister from "The Goon Show".
This attempt to adapt Goon humour to the big screen was written by Harry Booth, Jon Penington and regular Goon show co-writer Larry Stephens. It was then heavily rewritten on the filmset by Sellers and Milligan. Emery replaced Harry Secombe, who was unavailable.
The film was re-released in the UK in 1975 as a supporting short to "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" [http://www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~mhjarron/spike/welcome.htm 1] , to much success.
External links
*imdb title|id=0049059|title=The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn
* [http://www.epicure.demon.co.uk/battlehorncss.html Entire script for "The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn"]
* [http://www.thegoonshow.net/film_tv_movies.asp The Goons films] at The Goon Show website
* [http://telegoons.org/history_4_running_jumping.htm The Goons films] at The Telegoons website
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