Directed by:
Val GuestCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthCast:
Yolande Donlan, Dirk Bogarde, Laurence Naismith, Arthur Hill, Mary Clare, Reginald Beckwith, Richard Wattis, Anthony Oliver, Alexander Gauge, Eric Pohlmann (more)Plots(1)
A British comedy which was the first independent production from actress Donlan and filmmaker Guest. The busty blonde Donlan, every bit as vapid as Judy Holliday, plays a shopgirl who inherits a tiny European principality and decides to do her duty to her new people and get their struggling economy back on an even keel. Their sole product of any merit, a unique cheese, has a high alcohol content, so one need not serve wine with it. Neighboring countries have closed their borders to the trade through excessive tariffs. British cheese salesman Bogarde, though much set-upon, helps her find a solution. In the process, he falls in love with the vacuous damsel who resigns her fiefdom to marry him. Bogarde solicited this role; he wanted to try his hand at light comedy. Producer-director-writer Guest tried to get Wiliam Holden but failed. Bogarde said, "I don't think he's [Guest] ever quite forgiven me." (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Yolande Donlan
USA
Best movies:
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
The Devil Bat (1940)
Dirk Bogarde
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
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The Damned (1969)
Laurence Naismith
UK
Best movies:
Lust for Life (1956)
Cleopatra (1963)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Arthur Hill
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Un pont trop loin (1977)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Mary Clare
UK
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
Reginald Beckwith
UK
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Richard Wattis
UK
Best movies:
Bon Voyage! (1962)
The Longest Day (1962)
The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
Anthony Oliver
UK
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
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Alexander Gauge
China
Best movies:
The Green Man (1956)
The Iron Petticoat (1956)
The Pickwick Papers (1952)
Eric Pohlmann
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Third Man (1949)
Lust for Life (1956)
The Return of the Pink Panther (1975)
Peter Butterworth
UK
Best movies:
The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
Night and the City (1950)
Murder She Said (1961)
Raf De La Torre
France
Best movies:
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Mary Queen of Scots (1971)
The Golden Coach (1952)
Derek Prentice
South Africa
Best movies:
Richard III (1955)
Desmond Walter-Ellis
UK
Best movies:
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Robert Henderson
USA
Tom Macaulay
UK
Kynaston Reeves
UK
Best movies:
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
The Citadel (1938)
Hot Millions (1968)