Directed by:
Lewis GilbertCinematography:
Wilkie CooperCast:
Kenneth More, Diane Cilento, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes, Martita Hunt, Roland Curram, John Le Mesurier, Peter Graves, Jack Watling, Penelope Horner (more)Plots(1)
Kenneth More stars as Crichton, the super-efficient butler for a family of haughty British aristocrats. Though More is true master of the household, he keeps his place, honoring the tightly regulated social structure of turn-of-the-century England. When the family, and its servants, are shipwrecked and marooned on a desert island, only Crichton has the skill and resourcefulness to keep everyone alive. Within a few months, the social order has been reversed: Crichton is the "governor", while his former employers are his willing and eager servants. Lady Mary (Sally Ann Howes), assuming that she will never be able to return to her veddy proper fiance, falls in love with Crichton. But once the castaways are rescued and returned to their London estate, the original master-servant status quo is restored. His marriage to Lady Mary now an impossibility-a fact stressed in no uncertain terms by the young lady herself-Crichton calmly packs his bags and leaves, in the company of maidservant Tweeny (Diane Cilento), who has loved him all along. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kenneth More
UK
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Slipper & the Rose (1976)
Diane Cilento
Australia
Best movies:
The Agony and the Ecstasy (1965)
Hombre (1967)
Moulin Rouge (1952)
Cecil Parker
Best movies:
Father Brown (1954)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Citadel (1938)
Sally Ann Howes
UK
Best movies:
Anna Karenina (1948)
Dead of Night (1945)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Martita Hunt
Argentina
Best movies:
Great Expectations (1946)
Becket (1964)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
Roland Curram
UK
Best movies:
Till We Meet Again (1989) (series)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Ooh... You Are Awful (1972)
John Le Mesurier
UK
Best movies:
Peter Graves
UK
Best movies:
I Hired a Contract Killer (1990)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
I'll Never Forget What's'isname (1967)
Jack Watling
UK
Best movies:
Reach for the Sky (1956)
A Night to Remember (1958)
Follow Me! (1972)
Penelope Horner
UK
Best movies:
The Nun's Story (1959)
A King in New York (1957)
The Angry Silence (1960)
Eddie Byrne
UK
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Reach for the Sky (1956)
Beth Rogan
UK
Best movies:
Doctor at Large (1957)
Mysterious Island (1961)
Just My Luck (1957)