A very mediocre film from what was originally a stage play.Consequently we have actors talking quickly non-stop, not listening to logical reason, overacting like mad, and saying the most diabolical rubbish.The only character with whom I had any sympathy was that of Anne Crawford who wanted a divorce and to get away from her overbearing. pompous husband Howard, (Cecil Parker).I was disappointed not to see the horse drawn by young Tony Fleming which was after all was the title of the film.From certain veiled comments it seems young Tony drew a too accurate biological picture of the reproductive organs of the beast but the film producers were too pusillanimous to show this to the viewers.Of course there was censorship in 1950 when the film was made and they had to get the film passed by the censors for family viewing.
The most irritating character was that of Mrs Parsons (Barbara Everest) who tried to boss everyone around to her narrow blinkered, ill educated views and did not listen to alternative comments especially from her daughter (played by Barbara Murray) and sundry other members of her family & friends.She reminded me of Marjorie Fielding's character, Mildred Royd in "Quiet Weekend" (1946).Her character betrayed a naive stupidity.The famous statement in my summary title by Voltaire was apt, since the almost revolutionary disagreements by characters with their differing philosophies caused mild humour.The IMDb rating of 5.5 seems fair and I too gave it 5/10.
