The Admirable Crichton
The Hilarious Story of What the Girls Saw in the Butler...
1957 · 1h 34m · APPROVED
Adventure, Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Lewis Gilbert
Overview
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.
Director and cast
- Lewis Gilbert Director
- Kenneth More as Bill Crichton
- Diane Cilento as Eliza Tweeny
- Cecil Parker as Lord Henry Loam
- Sally Ann Howes as Lady Mary
- Martita Hunt as Lady Brocklehurst
- Jack Watling as Treherne
- Peter Graves as Brocklehurst
- Gerald Harper as Ernest
- Mercy Haystead as Catherine
- Miranda Connell Cast
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