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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 60GoodWatch 65
IMDb6.0
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most comedies, −10 min on the typical 100
typical 10090Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1955
August 9, 1955
71 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 24 more31 people
- John GregsonChayley Broadbent
- Diana DorsRuthine West
- Susan StephenEthel
- Derek FarrDuke Popplewell
- Joan HicksonMrs. Perkins
- Leslie PhillipsRobjohns
- ASAnn SullivanDoll (uncredited)
- Frank PettingellMayor Higgins
- Charles VictorLumm
Ernest ThesigerLord Dewsbury
Hal OsmondMr. Hall
Jill AdamsJoy
Donald PleasenceLimpy
John Glyn-JonesArkwright
Ferdy MayneWaiter
Charles Lloyd PackMr. Gidbrook
George BensonTrombonist
Ronnie StevensCompere
Julia ArnallRuritanian Doll (uncredited)
Peter BurtonHotel Receptionist (uncredited)
Cyril ChamberlainHotel Manager (uncredited)- RCRonald ChesneyHarmonica Player on Coach (uncredited)
- PAPeggy Ann CliffordFat Mother (uncredited)
Christine FinnReporter (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Ken Annakin Director
Writing · 3
- William Fairchild Writer
- R.F. Delderfield Writer
- Derrick Boothroyd Novel
Camera · 1
- Geoffrey Unsworth Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Geoffrey Foot Editor
Sound · 1
- Malcolm Arnold Music
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