By Violet LeVoit
Village Of Daughters
Brief Synopsis
A traveling salesman stumbles into the job of matchmaker in a small Italian village.
Cast & Crew
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George Pollock
Director
Eric Sykes
Scilla Gabel
Gregoire Aslan
John Le Mesurier
Eileen Way
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1962
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 26m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Synopsis
A traveling salesman stumbles into the job of matchmaker in a small Italian village.
Director
George Pollock
Director
Cast
Eric Sykes
Scilla Gabel
Gregoire Aslan
John Le Mesurier
Eileen Way
Dalia Penn
Carol White
Graham Stark
Eric Pohlmann
Peter Illing
Martin Benson
Yvonne Romain
Golda Casimir
Bettine Le Beau
Warren Mitchell
Talitha Pol
Ina De La Haye
Jill Carson
Harold Kasket
George Pastell
Mario Fabrizi
Monty Landis
Film Details
Genre
Comedy
Release Date
1962
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 26m
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Articles
Village of Daughters
Treasured BBC radio and TV comedian Eric Sykes stars in his first movie, a comedy of frustrated marriage: The most eligible bachelor in town is a millionaire (Mario Fabrizi), and a bevy of nubile women are straining at the bit to court him, but custom dictates that his bride must be selected by the next stranger that comes to town. That means unwitting traveling salesman Herbert Harris (Sykes) is suddenly besieged by eligible signoras played by the likes of Scilla Gabel (a former stand-in for Sophia Loren) and Yvonne Romain (voluptuous veteran of many Hammer horror movies like Curse of the Werewolf (1961), all of them eager to impress upon him just how marriageable they are. The mostly British cast (including beloved British character actor John Le Mesurier) does its best to simulate a village full of passionate, gesticulating Italians, but the location shooting in Sicily does add some authenticity to the fantastic story of the gangly, bird-faced Sykes "test-driving" each eligible woman. Despite the slightly salacious plot, Sykes holds true to his famous vow to never swear in performance -- according to him, profanity and comedy just can't coexist.
By Violet LeVoit
By Violet LeVoit
Village of Daughters
Treasured BBC radio and TV comedian Eric Sykes stars in his first movie, a comedy of frustrated marriage: The most eligible bachelor in town is a millionaire (Mario Fabrizi), and a bevy of nubile women are straining at the bit to court him, but custom dictates that his bride must be selected by the next stranger that comes to town. That means unwitting traveling salesman Herbert Harris (Sykes) is suddenly besieged by eligible signoras played by the likes of Scilla Gabel (a former stand-in for Sophia Loren) and Yvonne Romain (voluptuous veteran of many Hammer horror movies like Curse of the Werewolf (1961), all of them eager to impress upon him just how marriageable they are. The mostly British cast (including beloved British character actor John Le Mesurier) does its best to simulate a village full of passionate, gesticulating Italians, but the location shooting in Sicily does add some authenticity to the fantastic story of the gangly, bird-faced Sykes "test-driving" each eligible woman. Despite the slightly salacious plot, Sykes holds true to his famous vow to never swear in performance -- according to him, profanity and comedy just can't coexist.
By Violet LeVoit
