The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
83 audience votes
Key crew
- Frank HarveyScreenplay
- John BoultingDirector
- John BoultingScreenplay
Cast
- Peter SellersFred Kite / Sir John Kennaway
- Ian CarmichaelStanley Windrush
- Terry-ThomasMajor Hitchcock
- Richard AttenboroughSidney De Vere Cox
- Dennis PriceBertram Tracepurcel
- Margaret RutherfordAunt Dolly
- Irene HandlMrs. Kite
- Liz FraserCynthia Kite
- Miles MallesonWindrush Sr., Stanley's father
- Marne MaitlandMr. Mohammed
- John Le MesurierWaters
- Raymond HuntleyMagistrate
Stills
Themes
factorynaivetynudist campupper classsatiretrade unionsequelsocial satireworking classblack and whiteclass differencescorporate greed