Directed by:
Ralph SmartCinematography:
Stanley PaveyComposer:
Malcolm ArnoldCast:
Robert Morley, Margaret Rutherford, Kay Kendall, Stringer Davis, Joan Hickson, Joan Rice, Charlotte Mitchell, John Cazabon, Michael Medwin, Lloyd Lamble, Charles Lamb, Sam Kydd, Liam Gaffney (more)Plots(1)
In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Robert Morley
UK
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Margaret Rutherford
UK
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Trouble in Store (1953)
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Kay Kendall
UK
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Stringer Davis
UK
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Joan Hickson
UK
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Joan Rice
UK
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Charlotte Mitchell
UK
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Village of the Damned (1960)
John Cazabon
UK
Michael Medwin
UK
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Lloyd Lamble
Australia
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The Man Who Never Was (1956)
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Charles Lamb
UK
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The Nun's Story (1959)
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Sam Kydd
UK
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A Town Like Alice (1956)
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Liam Gaffney
Ireland
Best movies:
I Never Cry (2020)
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Olive Sloane
UK
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Under Capricorn (1949)
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Heavens Above! (1963)