Beware of Children
Cast & Crew
Gerald Thomas
Leslie Phillips
Geraldine Mcewan
Julia Lockwood
Noel Purcell
Irene Handl
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When David Robinson and his wife, Catherine, inherit an old English manor house, they decide to turn it into a vacation resort for children whose wealthy parents are too busy to care for their offspring. A strange assortment of children, including the sons and daughters of Arabian monarchs, American industrialists, and wealthy divorcees, arrive on opening day. Trouble develops when most of the youngsters turn out to be unruly, spoiled brats who chop down trees, steal off in a station wagon for midnight snacks, and tear down draperies to make costumes. Further complications arise when the cook proves to have an unquenchable passion for alcohol, and local councilwoman Mrs. Spicer objects to the enterprise, saying that the home should be used for underprivileged children. The domestic problem is solved when one of the children dresses up as a ghost and terrifies the cook into taking the pledge. And when, at end of summer, the children refuse to go home unless their parents promise to give them more time and attention, Mrs. Spicer realizes how much good the Robinsons are doing and she withdraws her objections to their home.
Director
Gerald Thomas
Cast
Leslie Phillips
Geraldine Mcewan
Julia Lockwood
Noel Purcell
Irene Handl
Joan Hickson
June Jago
Cyril Raymond
Esma Cannon
Alan Gifford
Sydney Tafler
Brian Oulton
Eric Pohlmann
Brian Rawlinson
Michael Sarne
Joy Shelton
Patricia Jessel
Earl Cameron
Pearl Prescod
Peter Howell
Marian Mather
Peggy Simpson
Noël Hood
Cyril Chamberlain
Christopher Witty
Martin Stephens
Francesca Annis
Haydn Evans
Michael Gowdy
Jeanette Bradbury
Keith Lacey
Mark Mileham
Louise Redman
Millicent Kerr
Crew
Jack Causey
Bill Daniels
Carmen Dillon
Joan Ellacott
Robin Estridge
Norman Hudis
Alan Hume
Basil Keys
Eddie Knight
Robert T. Macphee
Bruce Montgomery
Stella Rivers
Peter Rogers
John Shirley
Jim Sibley
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in London in December 1960 as No Kidding; running time: 87 min.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Spring April 1961
Released in United States Spring April 1961
