Paradise Lagoon
(1957)
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Paradise Lagoon
(1957)
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| Diane Cilento | ... |
Eliza - Tweeny
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Cecil Parker | ... | |
| Sally Ann Howes | ... | ||
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Martita Hunt | ... |
Lady Emily Brocklehurst
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Jack Watling | ... | |
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Peter Graves | ... | |
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Gerald Harper | ... | |
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Mercy Haystead | ... |
Catherine
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Miranda Connell | ... |
Agatha
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Miles Malleson | ... |
Vicar
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Eddie Byrne | ... |
Captain
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Joan Young | ... |
Mrs. Perkins
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Brenda Hogan | ... |
Fisher
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Peter Welch | ... |
Rolleston
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Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household; he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test. Written by George S. Davis <mgeorges@prodigy.net>
The stand out performance in the Admirable Crichton has to be Cecil Parker. His comic twitches and compromised authority are hilarious. This take on the British class system never has a dull moment: a perfect segue from stage to screen.
Just to see Kenneth More morph into Parker's role on the island is a delight. And More does make a fine egalitarian 'gov'!
Australia's own Diane Cilento and Sally Anne Howes are very well cast. Sally Anne has a wonderful chaste reserve and to see her come out on the island as self sufficient and loving under the tutelage of More is priceless.
But tracking down a copy of this film was very difficult. I found an excellent DVD in America which was the English version, not Paradise Lagoon.