His Excellency (Original title)
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), January 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Hamer
Synopsis: Satirical comedy. Following a series of disturbances with the local dockyard workers, blunt northerner George Harrison is sent to be the governor of the Spanish-speaking Mediterranean island (and British colony) of Arista. He clashes with his own staff as well as with the workers, who refuse to listen to him and who keep going on strike and rioting. Eventually Harrison susses what lies behind the unquenchable unrest, and he hatches a plan to get himself a fair hearing and to govern effectively, as he hoped to.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Colonialism, Trade unions
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7556 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1951 (Copyright), January 1952 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Robert Hamer
Synopsis: Satirical comedy. Following a series of disturbances with the local dockyard workers, blunt northerner George Harrison is sent to be the governor of the Spanish-speaking Mediterranean island (and British colony) of Arista. He clashes with his own staff as well as with the workers, who refuse to listen to him and who keep going on strike and rioting. Eventually Harrison susses what lies behind the unquenchable unrest, and he hatches a plan to get himself a fair hearing and to govern effectively, as he hoped to.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Colonialism, Trade unions
Releases
Date: 1951Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 84 mins Length: 7556 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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©: Ealing Studios, An Ealing Studios Production: Ealing Studios, Presents: The J. Arthur Rank Organisation, Released through: General Film Distributors, A Michael Balcon Production: Michael Balcon, Produced by: Michael Truman, Unit Production Manager: Slim Hand, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, Location Manager: Maurice Lodi-fé, Assistant Director: Harry Kratz, Continuity: Jean Graham, Screenplay by: Robert Hamer, Script Contribution: W.P. Lipscomb, Based on the Play by: Dorothy Christie, Campbell Christie, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Camera Operator: Jeff Seaholme, [Focus Puller]: Hugh Wilson, Special Effects: Sydney Pearson, Editor: Seth Holt, Art Director: Jim Morahan, Costume Designer: Anthony Mendleson, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, Make-up: Harry Frampton, Hair Styles: Barbara Barnard, Special Processes: Geoffrey Dickinson, The music mainly based on themes by: Handel, With [Music Played by]: The Philharmonia Orchestra, [Music] Arranged/Composed/Directed by: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, [Sound] Recordist: Arthur Bradburn, Sound System: Gaumont British - Kalee, Technical Adviser: Commander L.C. Gunn, Made at: Ealing Studios
Cast
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Eric Portman (George Harrison), Cecil Parker (Sir James Kirkman), Helen Cherry (Lady Kirkman), Susan Stephen (Peggy Harrison), Clive Morton (Copeland, G.O.C.), Alec Mango (Jackie), Geoffrey Keen (Morellos, union leader), John Salew (Fernando), Edward Chapman (Vice Admiral Barclay), Robin Bailey (Charles), Eric Pohlmann (Colonel Don Dobrieda), Paul Demel (the chef), Elspeth March (Katarina, Fernando's wife), Henry Longhurst (Lord Kynaston), Howard Marion Crawford (major (tea shop proprietor)), Gerard Heinz (prime minister), Barbara Leake, Barbara Cavan (woman in tea shop), Basil Dignam (district security officer), Laurence Naismith (first soldier), Victor Maddern (second soldier)