The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
Synopsis
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and his fortunes fade even further, with a stream of debts threatening to run into a deluge when his daughter's fiancé demands a plush and costly wedding. Where is the cash to come from? Whitebait and his servant Spankforth's answer is a scam involving the theft of a valuable painting from the Manor. How could such a cunningly original ruse fail?
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Darcy ConyersDirector
- John T. ChapmanWriter
Cast
- Brian RixWilfred Sapling
- Leo FranklynBarger
- Naunton WayneLord Whitebait
- Charles HeslopSpankworth
- Ann FirbankLady Katherine
- John SlaterWarder Lockitt
- Vera PearceLady Millicent
- Arnold BellGovernor
- Alexander GaugePoliceman
- Jack WatlingPeter Brewster
- Irene HandlElsie
- Bernard CribbinsNewspaperman