The Hilarious Story of What the Girls Saw in the Butler...
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.
- 6.9
- 1957
- Released
- 1h 34m
Kenneth More
Bill Crichton
Diane Cilento
Eliza Tweeny
Cecil Parker
Lord Henry Loam
Sally Ann Howes
Lady Mary
Martita Hunt
Lady Brocklehurst
Jack Watling
Treherne
Peter Graves
Brocklehurst
Gerald Harper
Ernest
Mercy Haystead
CatherineMiranda Connell
Miles Malleson
Eddie Byrne
Joan Young
Brenda Hogan
Peter Welch
Toke Townley
Roland Curram
John Le Mesurier
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Released
en
- #shipwreck
- #satire
- #based on play or musical
- #survival
- #stranded
- #swimming
- #deserted island
- #south sea island
- #class system
- #1900s
- #kiss me
Reviews
Many people criticise J.M. Barrie for being far too whimsical with his stories, but there is nothing wrong with some whimsy now and again - and this is a cracking example. The aristocratic "Loam" family set off on their yacht "the Bluebell" for a cruise around the South seas. A storm forces them to abandon ship and they alight on a beautiful desert island where their established, very formal, orde
The Governor and The Daddy. The Admirable Crichton is an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's role reversal play, taking pot shots at the British class system and starring Kenneth More in the title role, it's something of a little treasure. Basically the plot sees Butler supreme Crichton become the governor of the desert island that he, and the toff family he serves, have been shipwrecked upon. The
The Governor and The Daddy. The Admirable Crichton is an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's role reversal play, taking pot shots at the British class system and starring Kenneth More in the title role, it's something of a little treasure. Basically the plot sees Butler supreme Crichton become the governor of the desert island that he, and the toff family he serves, have been shipwrecked upon. The
The Governor and The Daddy. The Admirable Crichton is an adaptation of J.M. Barrie's role reversal play, taking pot shots at the British class system and starring Kenneth More in the title role, it's something of a little treasure. Basically the plot sees Butler supreme Crichton become the governor of the desert island that he, and the toff family he serves, have been shipwrecked upon. The