Ian Carmichael

Cecil Parker

Joan Greenwood

Robert Beatty

Liz Fraser

Dennis Price

Finlay Currie

Robert Nichols

Bridget Armstrong

Harry Locke

Derek Nimmo

Roddy McMillan

Sandra Dorne

Michael Ripper

Geoffrey Bayldon

Gerald Sim

Reg Lye

Leslie Gilliat

Anthony Kimmins

Albert Witherick

John Barry

Thelma Connell

Nicholas Phipps

Wilkie Cooper

Percy Godbold

Ken Ritchie

Pamela Cornell

Comedy

The Amorous Prawn

United Kingdom

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Joan Greenwood is at her plummy best as "Lady Fitzadam", wife of a British army general who is sent on an overseas mission. She has a grand house and, quite literally, an army of servants at a time when such facilities are at a premium. So, having established that there is a small fortune to be made, she is soon in cahoots with Ian Carmichael "Cpl. Green" and Liz Fraser "Suzie" and opens up their Scottish home to wealthy Americans who want to come and try their hands at salmon fishing. It's all going quite well, money is rolling in and they are successfully fleecing their visitors - including Robert Beatty "Hoffman" and Robert Nichols "Goulansky" - until her husband (Cecil Parker) makes an unexpectedly early return bearing a letter than confirms his imminent retirement - much to their chagrin. Irked at his disgraceful treatment, the two expand their money-making scheme and even manage to rope in the visiting Minister for War (Dennis Price). It's good fun for about an hour. The the humour is gentle and subtle, the wheezes are engaging and Beatty makes for quite a fun mark, but Anthony Kimmins drags out the story for too long and by the time the usually reliable Price (and his moustache) makes his appearance, I was just a bit bored with it all. It's still a good fun adaptation of the play, but is maybe just ten years too late...?

English

The Amorous Prawn

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