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April 1950 (USA)
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In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town...
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Patricia Roc | ... | Penelope Belman |
| Stanley Holloway | ... | Ramshead |
| Nigel Patrick | ... | Roger Cavendish |
| Miles Malleson | ... | Prof. Ernest Belman |
| Irene Handl | ... | Mrs. Butters |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | ... | Lady Diana (as Anita Bolster) |
| Fred Berger | ... | Farini |
| David Hurst | ... | Wolfgang Winkel |
| Pamela Devis | ... | Olga the Robot |
| Jerry Verno | ... | Football Fan On Underground |
| Johnnie Schofield | ... | Ticket Collector |
| Philippa Gill | ... | Lady Mary |
| Jerry Desmonde | ... | Dress shop manager |
| Dora Bryan | ... | Model in shop |
| Noel Howlett | ... | Scientist |
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USA:89 min
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I stumbled upon this movie one afternoon on TV. It's a pacey movie when compared to many British Movies of this era (Bernard Knowles experience as cinematographer on Hitch's 39 Steps may have benefitted him in this respect). The cast are splendid, if somewhat theatrical (English Farce), especially Miles Malleson as the dotty old inventor.
What fascinated me most was the similarities I began to notice with the acting of Leslie Banks as Cavendish with that of the exasperation of Basil Fawlty in "Fawlty Towers" a British TV show by ex-python John Cleese. The tortured expressions and heavily exaggerated body language were the first things to alert me to the "FT" connection. But there was more...
The pace increased exponentially along with the emerging complications of taking a beautiful female robot (impersonated by Malleson's neice) to a honeymoon suite in a posh hotel until the film ended in total chaos.
A foreign servant who spoke very little english and frequently misunderstood his manager's requests (Hmm, Manuel methinks!).