The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn

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The Case of the
Mukkinese Battle Horn
Directed by Joseph Sterling
Produced by Harry Booth
Michael Deeley
Jon Penington
Written by Harry Booth
Jon Penington
Larry Stephens
Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Starring Peter Sellers
Spike Milligan
Dick Emery
Music by Edwin Astley
Cinematography Brian Rhodes
Release date(s) 1956
Running time 27 min.
Country UK
Language English
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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 big screen attempt to adapt Goon humour to the 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 [1], to much success.

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