Comedy · United Kingdom · 1952 · 1h 31m

Folly to Be Wise

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Director
Frank Launder
Cast
Alastair Sim as Capt. William Paris Elizabeth Allan as Angela Prout Roland Culver as George Prout George Cole as Soldier in Brains Trust audience Colin Gordon as Professor Mutch Martita Hunt as Lady Dodd
Crew
Jack Hildyard — Director of Photography Thelma Connell — Editor Frank Launder — Screenplay John Dighton — Screenplay Sidney Gilliat — Producer Frank Launder — Producer
Synopsis

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.

Mood & Themes
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Key Collaborators
Frank Launder Director Jack Hildyard Director of Photography Thelma Connell Editor Frank Launder Screenplay John Dighton Screenplay Sidney Gilliat Producer Frank Launder Producer
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