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Folly to Be Wise (1953)Army chaplin Captain Paris attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers. Director:Frank Launder |
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Title: Folly to Be Wise (1953)
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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award.
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Capt. William Paris
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Elizabeth Allan | ... |
Angela Prout
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Roland Culver | ... |
George Prout
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Colin Gordon | ... |
Prof. James Mutch
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Martita Hunt | ... |
Lady Dodds
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Janet Brown | ... |
Jessie Killegrew
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Peter Martyn | ... |
Walter
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Miles Malleson | ... |
Dr. Hector McAdam
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Edward Chapman | ... |
Joseph Byres M.P.
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Cyril Chamberlain | ... |
Drill Sergeant
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Michael Ripper | ... |
Drill Corporal
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Robin Bailey | ... |
Intellectual Corporal
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Michael Kelly | ... |
Staff Sergeant
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George Cole | ... |
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
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A newly-arrived army padre is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panellists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 December 1953 (USA) See more »Filming Locations:
Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UKCompany Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Recording)Color:
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1.37 : 1
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(uncredited)
Written by John Temple West, Johnny Johnston and Louise Kulma
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The title comes from Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1768). The actual lines (the last two lines of the poem) are ".... Where ignorance is bliss, /'Tis folly to be wise". See more »Soundtracks
"The Whelk Song"(uncredited)
Written by John Temple West, Johnny Johnston and Louise Kulma
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On hearing of this film I was looking forward to watching it. It's the typical 1950's British film, with the added bonus of Alastair Sim. He is brilliant, but the plot is weak. Social matters are highlighted that were common in Britain then, such as the Labour party versus the Tories etc. But the plot doesn't hold together well. Over all a good enough film, but no where near the St. Trinian's series or The Green Man. Watch out for a young George Cole as a soldier as well.