The Day the Fish Came Out (Greece: Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria) is a 1967 Greek- British comedy film directed and written by Michael Cacoyannis who also designed the film's costumes. The film stars Tom Courtenay, Colin Blakely and Sam Wanamaker.
The film is based on an actual incident where a collision occurred between a B-52G Stratofortress and a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain on 17 January 1966. The four B-28 FI 1.45-megaton-ran...
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The Day the Fish Came Out (Greece: Otan ta psaria vgikan sti steria) is a 1967 Greek- British comedy film directed and written by Michael Cacoyannis who also designed the film's costumes. The film stars Tom Courtenay, Colin Blakely and Sam Wanamaker.
The film is based on an actual incident where a collision occurred between a B-52G Stratofortress and a KC-135 Stratotanker over Palomares, Spain on 17 January 1966. The four B-28 FI 1.45-megaton-range nuclear bombs on the B-52 were eventually recovered, but for some time they were missing. Title designer Maurice Binder shot an opening sequence with a chorus of Spanish dancers explaining why the film has moved from Spain to Greece.
Life on a remote Greek resort island is forever changed when two atomic bombs are accidentally dropped there when a NATO plane flies overhead. This comedy chronicles those changes. When the pilots realize they've lost their load, they bail out of their plane and head for the island to get help. The government...
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