Folly to Be Wise (1953)
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Synopsis of Folly to Be Wise
This low-key Launder-Gilliat production was inspired by a play by James Bridie. Alastair Sim carries the ball as Captain Paris, an army chaplain who endeavors to organize a camp show for the troops. Practically everyone with whom the Captain comes in contact is an "expert" on the sort of entertainment that the soldiers will like. Ultimately, things degenerate into a battle of egos between an effete artist and his professorial wife. The film's best scenes are those in which Captain Paris tries out his own offbeat notions of entertaining the boys in khaki. Incidentally, the title of the original Bridie play was It Depends What You Mean. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast of Folly to Be Wise
- Alastair Sim - Capt. Paris
- Elizabeth Allan - Angela Prout
- Miles Malleson - Dr. Hector McAdam
- Edward Chapman - Joseph Byres
- Peter Martyn - Walter
- Clement McCallin - Colonel
- Leslie Weston - Staff sergeant
- Cyril Chamberlain - Drill Sergeant
- George Cole - Soldier
- Myrette Morven - WRAC Officer
- Roland Culver - George Prout
- Martita Hunt - Lady Dodds
- Colin Gordon - Prof. Mutch
- Janet Brown - Pvt. Jessie Killigrew
- Robin Bailey - Intellectual
- Michael Ripper - Landlord
- Michael Kelly - Staff Sergeant
- Martin Boddey
- Catherine Finn - WRAC
- Harold Lang
- Director(s):
- Frank Launder
- Writer(s):
- Frank Launder, James Bridie, John Dighton
- Producer(s):
- Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
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