The read
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do. Most of the 273 1950s comedy movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes50%
Audiences rate it 17 points higher than critics do.
43 audience votes
Key crew
- Vincente MinnelliDirector
- William Douglas-HomeScreenplay
- Julius J. EpsteinScreenplay
- Eddie WarnerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rex HarrisonJimmy Broadbent
- Kay KendallSheila Broadbent
- John SaxonDavid Parkson
- Sandra DeeJane Broadbent
- Angela LansburyMabel Claremont
- Peter MyersDavid Fenner
- Diane ClareClarissa Claremont
- Sheila RaynorBroadbents' Maid (uncredited)
- Ambrosine PhillpottsMiss Grey (uncredited)
- Henri GuéganMan at the Airport (uncredited)
- René ArandaQuaglino Diner (uncredited)
- Georges BillyQuaglino Diner (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
mistaken identitybritish high societystepparent stepchild relationshipdrunkennessdebutante