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Laughter in Paradise (1951)

 -  Comedy  -  11 November 1951 (USA)
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When a millionaire practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.

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Fay Compton ...
Guy Middleton ...
George Cole ...
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Ernest Thesiger ...
Beatrice Campbell ...
Mackenzie Ward ...
A.E. Matthews ...
Joyce Grenfell ...
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Gordon Webb
Veronica Hurst ...
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Anthony Steel ...
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Charlotte Mitchell ...
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Famed practical joker Henry Russell leaves 50,000 pounds to each of his four surviving relatives. But his will has one last joke - they each have to undertake a task completely out of character within a month. As each sets out on their objective they find that quite apart from the promised riches, they are unexpectedly getting a lot out of the challenge. All except caddish Simon Russell, that is. Written by Jeremy Perkins <jwp@aber.ac.uk>

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Gelächter im Paradies  »

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Arthur Howard was first booked to play The Jeweller's assistant but William Murray replaced him, and Howard was cast as a man on the train instead. See more »

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Simon Russell: [Looking at the photo of Elizabeth in Deniston's wallet as they share a drink at the bar] What on earth's that?
Deniston Russell: That - is Elizabeth.
Simon Russell: You're dead right, old boy, not my cup of tea at all.
Deniston Russell: I should hope not. Look I must telephone her now.
Simon Russell: The box is over there.
Deniston Russell: Thank you. With all this on my mind I just cannot face her tonight.
Simon Russell: Couldn't face her any night.
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A Gem!
24 April 2005 | by (Austria) – See all my reviews

What a great British comedy. First of all it was cool to see Fay Compton from "The Hauting" and "Orson Welles' Otello" again. The script is original and very funny in a lighthearted and intelligent way and the actors are all just great. I liked the writer and his funny secretary best. His spouse was really funny, too and her character made me wonder what Hollywood would make out of it in a contemporary comedy: I guess they would turn her character into "a lesbian", you know, one of their silly clichés.

This movie is so much better than those dumb primitive comedies Hollywood treats its viewers to! See it if you have the chance.


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