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The Adventures of Sadie

Original title: Our Girl Friday
  • 19531953
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 28m
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
301
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Our Girl Friday (1953)
  • Comedy
After a cruise ship emergency, a spoiled rich attractive female passenger and three men are marooned on a deserted island where the men compete for her favors.After a cruise ship emergency, a spoiled rich attractive female passenger and three men are marooned on a deserted island where the men compete for her favors.After a cruise ship emergency, a spoiled rich attractive female passenger and three men are marooned on a deserted island where the men compete for her favors.
IMDb RATING
5.5/10
301
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  • Director
    • Noel Langley
  • Writers
    • Noel Langley(screenplay)
    • Norman Lindsay(novel "The Cautious Amorist")
  • Stars
    • Joan Collins
    • George Cole
    • Kenneth More
Top credits
  • Director
    • Noel Langley
  • Writers
    • Noel Langley(screenplay)
    • Norman Lindsay(novel "The Cautious Amorist")
  • Stars
    • Joan Collins
    • George Cole
    • Kenneth More
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    • 11User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Joan Collins in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Robertson Hare in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Kenneth More in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Kenneth More in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Kenneth More in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and George Cole in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Kenneth More in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and George Cole in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Robertson Hare in Our Girl Friday (1953)
    Joan Collins and Robertson Hare in Our Girl Friday (1953)

    Top cast

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    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Sadieas Sadie
    George Cole
    George Cole
    • Carrolas Carrol
    Kenneth More
    Kenneth More
    • Pat Plunkettas Pat Plunkett
    Robertson Hare
    Robertson Hare
    • Gibbleas Gibble
    Hermione Gingold
    Hermione Gingold
    • Spinsteras Spinster
    Walter Fitzgerald
    Walter Fitzgerald
    • Schooner Captainas Schooner Captain
    Hattie Jacques
    Hattie Jacques
    • Mrs. Patchas Mrs. Patch
    Felix Felton
    • Mr. Patchas Mr. Patch
    Lionel Murton
    • Barmanas Barman
    Anthony Tancred
    • Smithersas Smithers
    Michael Meacham
    • Schooner Officeras Schooner Officer
    Peter Sellers
    Peter Sellers
    • Parrotas Parrot
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Noel Langley
    • Writers
      • Noel Langley(screenplay)
      • Norman Lindsay(novel "The Cautious Amorist") (uncredited)
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    Storyline

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    Rich Sadie Patch (Dame Joan Collins) is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat Plunkett (Kenneth More), prickly young Jimmy Carrol (George Cole), and bald and bookish Professor Gibble (Robertson Hare). All fancy their chances. —Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
    • professor
    • island
    • reporter
    • shipwreck
    • stranded on an island
    • 3 more
    • Plot summary
    • Plot synopsis
    • Taglines
      • A desert island comedy in color !
    • Genre
      • Comedy
    • Certificate
      • Approved
    • Parents guide
      • Add content advisory

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Hermione Gingold received a "Guest Star" credit.
    • Goofs
      Late during their stay on the island, the skirt of Joan Collins' yellow dress is show to have been torn off in the front at about mid-thigh level, showing off her legs, yet when the rescue boat arrives the dress is not torn, but rather is in near pristine condition.
    • Quotes

      Mr. Patch: I wish it was opening time.

      Sadie Patch: You've only just drunk your lunch.

    • Connections
      Featured in Talkies: Remembering Kenneth More: Part One (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      If You Were The Only Girl In The World
      (uncredited)

      Written by Nat Ayer and Clifford Grey

    User reviews11

    Review
    Top review
    2/10
    Awful but Historically Fascinating
    Shot on Mallorca (as the credits spell it), the first British feature in Eastmancolor (the process isn't credited on the film, which instead bears the unusual credit "Colour Photography by Wilkie Cooper") as well as being one of the first films in which the leading lady wore a bikini (which she is supposed to have made herself) must have been a tonic to weary audiences suffering through early fifties Britain.

    Parts of it resemble 'Age of Consent', also based on a novel by Norman Lindsay (both of which were banned in their native Australia); but Joan Collins is no Helen Mirren and in other ways it again finds itself in the shadow of other, better films. The squabbling that breaks out over Miss Collins rather resembles Sternberg's little-seen 'Saga of Anatahan'; while Kenneth More gives one his worst performances as a drunken Irishman and was much better as 'The Admirable Crichton' a few years later.

    The supposedly sophisticated banter is constantly undermined by an awful score by Ronald Binge; although even that acquires resonance in retrospect, since five years later he reworked parts of it as 'The Watermill'.
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    • richardchatten
    • Nov 22, 2019

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 1, 1953 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Our Girl Friday
    • Filming locations
      • Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
    • Production company
      • George Minter Productions
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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