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Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
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Mildly amusing farce moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Cecil Parker | ... | Arthur Prohack |
| Glynis Johns | ... | Mimi Warburton |
| Hermione Baddeley | ... | Eve Prohack |
 | Dirk Bogarde | ... | Charles Prohack |
| Sheila Sim | ... | Mary Prohack |
| Heather Thatcher | ... | Lady Maslam |
| Frances Waring | ... | Nursie |
| Charles Goldner | ... | Polish Man Servant |
| Campbell Cotts | ... | Sir Paul Spinner |
| Denholm Elliott | ... | Oswald Morfey |
| Russell Waters | ... | Cartwright |
| Henry Edwards | ... | Sir Digby Bunce |
| Frederick Valk | ... | Dr. Viega |
| James Hayter | ... | Carrell Quire |
| Bryan Forbes | ... | Tony |
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Dear Mr. Prohack is the story of a British Government official who is responsible for the budget of the Treasury Department. He is extremely frugal. When he comes into a private fortune of his own, he is quite incapable of managing it and all sorts of mishaps begin to occur within his family.
I enjoyed this film, which features Cecil Parker in the title role. His son is played by a shockingly young-looking Dirk Bogarde, and Glynis Johns is quite cute as the love interest.
The real reason I watched this movie was to see Jon Pertwee. This was an early role for him and he is quite unrecognisable if you're familiar with his 1970s appearances as Doctor Who #3. He has black hair in this film! Pertwee has a tiny role at the start of the film as one of Prohack's assistants, complete with silly voice.
A nice example of the sort of films they don't make anymore.