On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle
Original UK quad size poster
Directed by	Cyril Frankel
Screenplay by	Harold Buchman
Based on	Stop at a Winner by R.F. Delderfield
Produced by	Benjamin Fisz
Starring	Sean Connery Alfred Lynch Cecil Parker Wilfrid Hyde-White Stanley Holloway Kathleen Harrison Eleanor Summerfield Eric Barker Terence Longdon Alan King
Cinematography	Edward Scaife
Edited by	Peter Hunt
Music by	Malcolm Arnold
Production company	Coronado Productions
Distributed by	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors
Release date	10 October 1961 (1961-10-10) (UK)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

On the Fiddle (U.S. titles Operation Snafu and Operation War Head) is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Sean Connery, Alfred Lynch, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Eric Barker, Mike Sarne, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Kathleen Harrison, Victor Maddern and John Le Mesurier.^[1] The screenplay was by Harold Buchman, based on the 1961 novel Stop at a Winner by R.F. Delderfield who served in the RAF in World War II.

It was Sean Connery's tenth film and his first lead role, released the year before his big breakthrough as James Bond in the 1962 film Dr No.