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The Admirable Crichton (Original title)Paradise Lagoon (Alternative title)
Dates: 1957 (Copyright), 22 July 1957 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Lewis Gilbert

Synopsis: Story of a butler who takes over his master's role after a shipwreck.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1957Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Length: 8399 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (38)
©: Modern Screen Play Productions, Presents: Columbia Pictures Corporation, a Modern Screen Play production: Modern Screen Play Productions, Produced by: Ian Dalrymple, Associate Producer: Dennis Van Thal, Production Supervisor: Victor Lyndon, Second Unit Director: Ronald Spencer, Assistant Director: Frederick Slark, Continuity: Shirley Barnes, Screen Play by: Vernon Harris, Adapted by: Lewis Gilbert, Based on the play by: J.M. Barrie, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Camera Operator: Harry Gillam, [Clapper Loader]: Geoffrey Glover, Stills Cameraman: Eric Gray, Special Effects: Wally Veevers, Film Editor: Peter Hunt, Production Designed by: William Kellner, Assistant Art Director: W.E. Hutchinson, Set Decorator: Freda Pearson, [Special Desert Island] Devices by: Emett, Costume Designer: Bernard Nevill, Wardrobe Supervisor: Jean Fairlie, Make-up: Neville Smallwood, Hairdressing by: Joan Smallwood, Musical Score by: Douglas Gamley, [Waltzes Composed by]: Richard Addinsell, [Music Performed by]: Sinfonia of London, [Music] Conducted by: Muir Mathieson, Sound Supervisor: John Cox, Sound Recording: George Stevenson, Sound Recording: Red Law, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Sound Editor: John Glen, [Unit Publicist]: Catherine O'Brien, Made at: Shepperton Studios
Cast (22)
Kenneth More (Bill Crichton), Diane Cilento (Eliza Tweeny), Cecil Parker (Lord Henry Loam), Martita Hunt (Lady Brocklehurst), Jack Watling (John Treherne), Peter Graves (George Brocklehurst), Miles Malleson (vicar), Eddie Byrne (captain), Gerald Harper (Ernest Woolley), Mercy Haystead (Catherine), Miranda Connell (Agatha), Sally Ann Howes (Lady Mary), Joan Young (Mrs Perkins), Brenda Hogan (Fisher), Peter Welch (Rolleston), Toke Townley (Lovegrove), Roland Curram (Thomas), John Le Mesurier ([cook]), William Mervyn ([guest at ball]), Beth Rogan, Penelope Horner, Corinne Gardner ([uncredited])