The Playgirl and the War Minister
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Anthony Kimmins
Joan Greenwood
Cecil Parker
Ian Carmichael
Robert Beatty
Dennis Price
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Gen. Hamish Fitzadam, due to retire from the military, needs money to buy the country cottage of his dreams. When the general leaves on an overseas mission, Lady Fitzadam devises a scheme to raise money by turning Glenmally, the general's Scottish Highland headquarters, into a luxurious salmon fishing resort for rich American tourists. The army staff agree to cooperate for a share of the profits, and Cpl. Sidney Green becomes hotel manager. The first guests, Americans Larry Hoffman and Sam Goulansky, settle down to enjoy the pleasures of the resort. While Hoffman fishes for salmon, Goulansky pursues Corporal Green's girl friend, the chambermaid. Hoffman soon becomes enamored of Lady Fitzadam, who poses as a widow. The general returns unexpectedly, but he is so outraged by the war minister's refusal to allow army trucks to move his furniture that he joins forces with his wife in the new business venture. They welcome a new guest, known as "the amorous Prawn" because of his notorious romances in the United States. Prawn arouses suspicion when he telephones the War Office, and it soon becomes apparent that he is the war minister. The hotelkeepers learn that the woman posing as Prawn's wife is a local barmaid, and in order to avoid a public scandal, Prawn agrees to allow the army trucks to move the General's furniture to his new cottage.
Director
Anthony Kimmins
Cast
Joan Greenwood
Cecil Parker
Ian Carmichael
Robert Beatty
Dennis Price
Liz Fraser
Bridget Armstrong
Derek Nimmo
Harry Locke
Robert Nichols
Roddy Mcmillan
Ronald Brittain
Patrick Jordan
Godfrey James
Gerald Sim
Geoffrey Bayldon
Eric Woodburn
John Dunbar
Jack Stewart
Sandra Dorne
Finlay Currie
Eric Francis
Reg Lye
Michael Ripper
Drew Russell
Michael Hunt
Crew
Peter Allwork
Hardy Amies
Gerry Anstiss
John Barry
Eileen Bates
Bill Bennison
H. L. Bird
Ronald Brittain
Thelma Connell
Wilkie Cooper
Pamela Cornell
Henry Emery
Alan Evans
Sandy Fairlie
Chuck Ferango
Gordon Gilbert
Leslie Gilliat
Percy Godbold
Norman Hargood
Michael Hart
Michael Hart
Eileen Head
Douglas Hermes
Doreen Jones
Anthony Kimmins
Red Law
Bobby Murrell
George Partleton
John Pellatt
Nicholas Phipps
Ken Ritchie
Gillian Scott
Bridget Sellers
Paul Sheridan
J. Vincent
Albert Witherick
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Released in Great Britain in 1962 as The Amorous Prawn. Also known as The Amorous Mr. Prawn.
