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Laughter in Paradise

  • 1951
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 33m
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7.1/10
2.2K
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Laughter in Paradise (1951)
After a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.
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After a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.After a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.After a millionaire practical joker dies, his fortune is divided among four heirs who must carry out his zany instructions to cash in.

  • Director
    • Mario Zampi
  • Writers
    • Michael Pertwee
    • Jack Davies
  • Stars
    • Alastair Sim
    • Fay Compton
    • Guy Middleton
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    2.2K
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    • Director
      • Mario Zampi
    • Writers
      • Michael Pertwee
      • Jack Davies
    • Stars
      • Alastair Sim
      • Fay Compton
      • Guy Middleton
    • 30User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Alastair Sim
    Alastair Sim
    • Deniston Russell
    Fay Compton
    Fay Compton
    • Agnes Russell
    Guy Middleton
    Guy Middleton
    • Simon Russell
    George Cole
    George Cole
    • Herbert Russell
    Hugh Griffith
    Hugh Griffith
    • Henry Augustus Russell
    Ernest Thesiger
    Ernest Thesiger
    • Endicott
    Beatrice Campbell
    Beatrice Campbell
    • Lucille Grayson
    Mackenzie Ward
    Mackenzie Ward
    • Benson
    A.E. Matthews
    A.E. Matthews
    • Sir Charles Robson
    Joyce Grenfell
    Joyce Grenfell
    • Elizabeth Robson aka Fluffy
    Eleanor Summerfield
    Eleanor Summerfield
    • Sheila Wilcott
    John Laurie
    John Laurie
    • Gordon Webb
    Veronica Hurst
    Veronica Hurst
    • Joan Webb
    Anthony Steel
    Anthony Steel
    • Roger Godfrey
    Charlotte Mitchell
    • Ethel
    Leslie Dwyer
    Leslie Dwyer
    • Police Sergeant
    Colin Gordon
    Colin Gordon
    • Harry - Station Constable
    Ronald Adam
    Ronald Adam
    • Mr. Wagstaffe - Bank Manager
    • (as Ronald Adams)
    • Director
      • Mario Zampi
    • Writers
      • Michael Pertwee
      • Jack Davies
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    • Trivia
      Audrey Hepburn was originally offered one of the major female roles in this film, but was committed to a stage play and had to turn it down. She ended up with a bit role playing a sexy cigarette girl instead.
    • Goofs
      In the department store where Alastair Sim goes to shoplift, there is a large sign over the entrance doors reading Swan & Edgar. A blatant example of advertising, as of course stores have their names on the outside, not the inside.
    • Quotes

      Agnes Russell: It should not be necessary for people to die in order to have their photograph dusted.

    • Connections
      Featured in Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993)

    User reviews30

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    8/10

    While not exactly hilarious, this comedy was enjoyable and had a nice finale.

    When the film begins, an elderly man is dying...and he commits a prank on his way out of this world. But it's not his final prank...that comes in his will. When it's read to his four relatives, they're each told they'd receive 50,000 pounds...provided each do something odd and specifically tailored to them. His haughty sister is told that in order to collect, she must become a domestic and serve as one for a year. His cousin, the writer, must act out his dime novels...and get himself incarcerated for 28 days. His meek relative must hold up a bank with a fake gun...and his playboy cousin must marry the first woman with which he strikes up a conversation! And, all of these must be completed without telling anyone why they are doing it!

    What made this one especially good is that, for the most part, the folks all learned a positive lesson from all this and there were also a few laughs along the way. Worth seeing and clever.
    • planktonrules
    • Jun 5, 2017
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    • Release date
      • November 11, 1951 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Wer zuletzt lacht
    • Filming locations
      • Associated British Studios, Elstree, England, UK(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
      • Mario Zampi Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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