Panic in the Parlour (1956)
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Sailor Beware was originally released in England as Panic in the Parlour. The panic begins when a sailor named Albert (Ronald Lewis) plans to get married to a gal named Shirley (Shirley Eaton). On the day of the ceremony, Albert gets cold feet when he discovers that Shirley's gorgonlike mother Emma (Peggy Mount) has bought a house just three doors away from their honeymoon cottage. The question now is: how long will it be before the worm turns and Emma is put in her place by both her prospective son-in-law and her henpecked husband? Based on a popular stage comedy, Sailor Beware is worth watching today to spot an unbilled Michael Caine in a bit part as one of Albert's fellow seamen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Peggy Mount, Cyril Smith, (more)
- Director(s):
- Gordon Parry
Synopsis of Panic in the Parlour
Sailor Beware was originally released in England as Panic in the Parlour. The panic begins when a sailor named Albert (Ronald Lewis) plans to get married to a gal named Shirley (Shirley Eaton). On the day of the ceremony, Albert gets cold feet when he discovers that Shirley's gorgonlike mother Emma (Peggy Mount) has bought a house just three doors away from their honeymoon cottage. The question now is: how long will it be before the worm turns and Emma is put in her place by both her prospective son-in-law and her henpecked husband? Based on a popular stage comedy, Sailor Beware is worth watching today to spot an unbilled Michael Caine in a bit part as one of Albert's fellow seamen. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Panic in the Parlour
- Peggy Mount - Emma Hornett
- Shirley Eaton - Shirley Hornett
- Esma Cannon - Edie Hornett
- Gordon Jackson - Carnoustie Bligh
- Geoffrey Keen - Rev. Mr. Purefoy
- Peter Collingwood - Verger
- Henry McGee
- Charles Houston
- Edie Martin
- Barbara Hicks
- Anne Blake
- Cyril Smith - Henry Hornett
- Ronald Lewis - Albert Tufnell
- Joy Webster - Daphne
- Thora Hird - Mrs. Lack
- Jack MacGowran - Toddy
- Douglas Blackwell
- Michael Caine - Bit
- Margaret Moore
- Fred Griffiths
- Eliot Makeham - Uncle Brummell
- Director(s):
- Gordon Parry
- Writer(s):
- Philip King, Falkland L. Cary, Philip King
- Producer(s):
- Jack Clayton
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