The Amorous Prawn (Original title)The Amorous Mr. Prawn (Alternative title)The Playgirl and the War Minister (Alternative title)
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 26 November 1962 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Kimmins
Synopsis: Film of the play in which a general's wife turns his official home into a hotel for wealthy Americans.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8066 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v230 n13 27 Nov 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8679 26 Oct 1962 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8679 26 Oct 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n347 December 1962 Page: 169
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n347 December 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Nov 1962
Title: [Variety - 21 Nov 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2873 25 Oct 1962 Page: 21
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2873 25 Oct 1962: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8051 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-3316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1962 (Copyright), 26 November 1962 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirected by: Anthony Kimmins
Synopsis: Film of the play in which a general's wife turns his official home into a hotel for wealthy Americans.
Genre: Comedy
Subject: Military
Releases
Date: 1962Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 8066 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(26)
©/Production Company: Covent Garden Films, A British Lion presentation: British Lion Films, A British Lion presentation thru: BLC, Produced by: Leslie Gilliat, Production Manager: John Pellatt, Assistant Director: Douglas Hermes, Continuity: Eileen Head, Casting: Paul Sheridan, Screenplay by: Anthony Kimmins, Nicholas Phipps, [Original Play]: Anthony Kimmins, Director of Photography: Wilkie Cooper, Camera Operator: Peter Allwork, Film Editor: Thelma Connell, Art Director: Albert Witherick, Miss Greenwood's Costumes by: Hardy Amies, Make-up: George Partleton, Hairdressing: Eileen Bates, Titles by: National Screen Service Ltd., Music Composed and Conducted by: John Barry, Sound Recordist: H.L. Bird, Red Law, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Dubbing Editor: Michael Hart, Produced at: Shepperton Studios
Cast
(27)
Ian Carmichael (Corporal Sidney Green), Joan Greenwood (Lady 'Dodo' Fitzadam), Cecil Parker (General Hamish Fitzadam), Dennis Price (Prawn), Robert Beatty (Larry Hoffman), Liz Fraser (Private Suzie Tidmarsh), Finlay Currie (Lochaye), Robert Nichols (Sam Goulansky), Bridget Armstrong (Private Biddy O'Hara), Harry Locke (Albert Huggins), Derek Nimmo (Private Willie Maltravers), Roddy McMillan (MacTavish), Sandra Dorne (Dusty Babs), Michael Ripper (Angus), Roberta Desti (.), Reg Lye (Uncle Joe), Patrick Jordan (sergeant of guard), Godfrey James (sergeant at exchange), Gerald Sim (1st operator), Geoffrey Bayldon (2nd operator), Eric Woodburn (landlord), John Dunbar (1st man in bar), Eric Francis (Jimmy, the postman), Drew Russell (airman), Michael Hunt (R.A.F. sergeant), Jack Stewart ([2nd man in bar]), R.S.M. Brittain ([parade sergeant major])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(5)
In: Motion Picture Herald v230 n13 27 Nov 1963 Page: 938Title: [Motion Picture Herald - v230 n13 27 Nov 1963: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8679 26 Oct 1962 Page: 6
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8679 26 Oct 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v29 n347 December 1962 Page: 169
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v29 n347 December 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 21 Nov 1962
Title: [Variety - 21 Nov 1962: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2873 25 Oct 1962 Page: 21
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2873 25 Oct 1962: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm Duplicating PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 8051 FeetStock date: 1962BFI identifier: C-3316
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film