You're Only Young Twice (1952)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Terry Bishop

Writers:

Reginald Beckwith (writer)
Terry Bishop (writer)

Release Date:

July 1952 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

A new Lord Rector arrives at Skerryvore University, in Scotland, but turns out to be a very attractive young woman, Ada Shore. |

Plot Keywords:

Group 3 | Based On Play

Cast

Duncan Macrae	...	Prof. Hayman
Joseph Tomelty	...	Dan McEntee
Patrick Barr	...	Sir Archibald Asher
Charles Hawtrey	...	Adolphus Hayman
Diane Hart	...	Ada Shore
Robert Urquhart	...	Sheltie
Edward Lexy	...	Lord Carshennie
Jacqueline Mackenzie	...	Nellie
Eric Woodburn	...	The Bedellus
Molly Urquhart	...	Lady Duffy
Reginald Beckwith	...	BBC Commentator
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scotty Beckett
Ronnie Corbett	...	Student (as Ronald Corbett)

Runtime:

81 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Certification:

UK:U

Company:

Group 3

Trivia:

First feature film of Robert Urquhart.

Lack of storyline and an unfunny comedy.

Having just watched this film I'm left wondering what was the point of it? It was about a bunch of university students and a university porter, the students didn't get on with one of the senate and the porter was really a well regarded writer. The storyline was confused without any clear sense of direction.

All the cast seemed to put in a reasonable amount of effort, but the script didn't allow us to like any of the characters. Charles Hawtrey, of Carry On fame, always struggled for laughs when he was playing 'a boy' and he shambles through half of this film pretending to be drunk.

I guess this film was made when most of the population had never been to university. Perhaps then film makers could get away with students having an average age of 30+, but today it looks plain silly.

Really this film had no redeeming features, other than I think it was filmed in Kelvingrove Park in Glasgow. There are many better ways to spend 80 minutes.