The Little Hut (1957)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Mark Robson

Writers:

André Roussin (play)
Nancy Mitford (adaptation)

Release Date:

26 August 1957 (Sweden)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Three persons, Susan and Philip Ashlow and Henry Brittingham-Brett are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck...

Plot Keywords:

Island | Shipwreck | Footsie Under The Table | Female To Male Footsie Playing | Male To Female Footsie Playing

Cast

Ava Gardner	...	Lady Susan Ashlow
Stewart Granger	...	Sir Philip Ashlow
David Niven	...	Henry Brittingham-Brett
Walter Chiari	...	Mario
Finlay Currie	...	The Rev. Bertram Brittingham-Brett
Jean Cadell	...	Mrs. Hermione Brittingham-Brett
Jack Lambert	...	Capt. MacWalt
Henry Oscar	...	Mr. Trollope
Viola Lyel	...	Miss Edwards
Jaron Valton	...	Indian Gentleman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Wattis	...	Official

Runtime:

90 min | USA:78 min | USA:90 min (TCM print)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Perspecta Stereo

Certification:

Finland:S | Portugal:17 | West Germany:16 (nf) | Australia:G

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Herbson S.A.

Trivia:

Oswald Morris says in his memoirs he was asked to be DOP.

Quotes:

Sir Philip Ashlow: Don't make such a fuss, old boy. Stiff upper lip.
Henry Brittingham-Brett: I didn't fall on my upper lip.

Movie Connections:

Version of La petite hutte (1966) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The Little Hut

The unknown story of a script

The script of "The little hut" was written by the French writer André Roussin (1911-1987), based on his play "La petite hutte"(1947). Both play and script are, in fact, a plagiarism of another play in Catalan, written by the novelist and play writer Carles Soldevila (1892-1967), "Civilitzats tanmateix" ("Nevertheless civilized")(1921). This play was known in France much before the robbery of Roussin, through a translation by Adolphe de Faigairolle and Francesc Presas, published in 1927 in the magazine "Candide". Recently "Civilitzats tanmateix" has become a musical by Albert Guinovart, with the title of "Paradís" (Paradise).