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DecentGoodWatch scoreSummary
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 61
IMDb6.1
Running time
1 h 24 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −16 min on the typical 100
typical 10084Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1949
September 27, 1949
77 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
Rated
- GUnited States
and 13 more24 people
- David TomlinsonLord Tony Pym
- Lana MorrisBessie Sykes
- Cecil ParkerBenjamin Beecham
- Marjorie FieldingLady Lister
- TMTom MacaulayCleghorn
- Joyce CareyLady Caroline
- HBHelen BacklinJune Farrell
- RCRobert CawdronSergeant
- Cyril ChamberlainSentry
- PAPeggy Ann CliffordMother
- RDRichard DunnLabour Agent
- Ambrosine PhillpottsLady Fielding
- Bill ShineReporter
Dervis WardDriver
Desmond LlewelynFirst Guardsman (uncredited)
Laurence NaismithReporter (uncredited)
Richard WattisVicar (uncredited)- JWJohn WynnSecond Guardsman
A.E. MatthewsLord Lister
Michael BrennanSergeant- CCCharles CullumColonel
Anthony SteelAdjutant
Joan HopkinsFlower Show Attendee (uncredited)- GAGerald AndersenMr. Brown
Directing · 3
- John Paddy Carstairs Director
- Peter Bolton Assistant Director
- Olga Brook Continuity
Writing · 2
- William Douglas-Home Writer
- Patrick Kirwan Writer
Production · 4
- George H. Brown Producer
- Maude Spector Casting
- Herbert Smith Production Manager
- F. Sherwin Green Production Manager
Camera · 1
- Jack Hildyard Director of Photography
Editing · 2
- George Clark Editor
- Anne V. Coates Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Benjamin Frankel Original Music Composer
- Muir Mathieson Conductor
- John W. Mitchell Sound Recordist
- Desmond Dew Sound Recordist
Art · 2
- Edward Marshall Assistant Art Director
- Ralph W. Brinton Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 3
- Eleanor Abbey Costume Design
- Tony Sforzini Makeup Supervisor
- Vivienne Walker Hair Supervisor
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