The Adventures of Sadie (1953)

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 ... See full summary »

Director:

Noel Langley

Writer:

Noel Langley (screenplay)

Stars:

Joan Collins, George Cole, Kenneth More

Cast

Cast overview:
Joan Collins	...	Sadie
George Cole	...	Carrol
Kenneth More	...	Pat Plunkett
Robertson Hare	...	Gibble
Hermione Gingold	...	Spinster
Walter Fitzgerald	...	Schooner Captain
Hattie Jacques	...	Mrs. Patch
Felix Felton	...	Mr. Patch
Lionel Murton	...	Barman
Anthony Tancred	...	Smithers
Michael Meacham	...	Schooner Officer

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

professor | island | reporter | ship wreck | stranded on an island | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

Hermione Gingold received a "Guest Star" credit.

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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.

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Quotes

Mr. Patch: I wish it was opening time.
Sadie Patch: You've only just drunk your lunch.

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Connections

Featured in Talkies: Remembering Kenneth More: Part One (2019)

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Soundtracks

If You Were The Only Girl In The World
(uncredited)
Written by Nat Ayer and Clifford Grey

User Reviews

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'.

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 December 1953 (UK)

Also Known As:

The Adventures of Sadie

Filming Locations:

England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

George Minter Productions

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor) (uncredited)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1