Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Jack Benny | ... | Babbs Babberley | |
Kay Francis | ... | Donna Lucia d'Alvadorez | |
James Ellison | ... | Jack Chesney | |
Anne Baxter | ... | Amy Spettigue | |
Edmund Gwenn | ... | Stephen Spettigue | |
Laird Cregar | ... | Sir Francis Chesney | |
Reginald Owen | ... | Redcliff | |
Arleen Whelan | ... | Kitty Verdun | |
Richard Haydn | ... | Charley Wyckham | |
Ernest Cossart | ... | Brasset | |
Morton Lowry | ... | Harley Stafford | |
Will Stanton | ... | Messenger | |
Lionel Pape | ... | Hilary Babberly | |
C. Montague Shaw | ... | Elderly Professor | |
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Maurice Cass | ... | Octogenarian Professor |
Charley Wyckham and Jack Chesney pressure fellow student Fancourt Babberly to pose as Charley's Brazilian Aunt Donna Lucia. Their purpose is to have a chaperone for their amorous visits with Amy and Kitty, niece and ward of crusty Stephen Spettigue. Complications begin when Fancourt, in drag, becomes the love object of old Spettigue and Sir Francis Chesney. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
I loved the movie, but like the subscribee above, I haven't seen it in 20 years or so. It's not available on video in any country and I've checked every specialty video line--- no-one has it. The good news is that I'm told someone saw a copy on ebay this week. It's not there now, but if there's one out there, there must be more. Check ebay through October. It's Jack's film best after "To Be or Not to Be" in my opinion and better than "Horn" or "George Washington Slept
Here" (3rd place?) Anyway, If I find one, I'll cheer