Overview
Eustace and Dorrie Edgehill have decided to leave Samola, a British protectorate in the Pacific. After the failure of his latest harebrained scheme, no one is likely to give Eustace a job now. Or are they?
Director and cast
- Gavin Millar Director
- Judi Dench as Dorrie Edgehill
- Ian Holm as Eustace Edgehill
- Rachel Gurney as Lady Cynthia Marchmont
- Alan MacNaughtan as Sir Humphrey Logan
- Daphne Goddard as Lady Eloise Logan
- Amanda Pays as Vivienne
- Raymond Francis as Admiral Sir Arthur Gurney
- John Harding as Neville Stern
- Madge Hindle as Beth Howell
- Robert Blythe as Charlie Howell
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