The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
Ratings
IMDb5.8/10
65 audience votes
Key crew
- Gerald ThomasDirector
- Talbot RothwellWriter
Cast
- Sidney JamesCouncillor Sid Fiddler
- Barbara WindsorHope Springs
- Joan SimsConnie Philpotts
- Kenneth ConnorMayor Frederick Bumble
- Bernard BresslawPeter Potter
- June WhitfieldCouncillor Augusta Prodworthy
- Peter ButterworthAdmiral
- Jack DouglasWilliam
- Patsy RowlandsMildred Bumble
- Joan HicksonMrs. Dukes
- David LodgePolice Inspector
- Valerie LeonPaula Perkins
Stills
Themes
hotelbeauty contestsexual humorcarry onsoftcoreseaside town