The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 84% of the 246 1940s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes94%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
103 audience votes
Key crew
- Henry CorneliusDirector
- T. E. B. ClarkeScreenplay
- Georges AuricOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Stanley HollowayArthur Pemberton
- Hermione BaddeleyEdie Randall
- Margaret RutherfordProfessor Hatton-Jones
- Paul DupuisDuke of Burgundy
- Raymond HuntleyMr. Wix
- John SlaterFrank Huggins
- Jane HyltonMolly
- Betty WarrenConnie Pemberton
- Barbara MurrayShirley Pemberton
- Sydney TaflerFred Cowan
- Frederick PiperGarland
- Philip StaintonP.C. Spiller
Stills
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Themes
treasureterritoryworld war iipolitical negotiationssatireblack and whitefood rationinglondon blitzunexploded bomb