The Butler's Dilemma

4.5
19431h 23m

Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...

Production

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Cast

Photo of Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne

Rodney Playfair

Photo of Francis L. Sullivan

Francis L. Sullivan

Leo Carrington

Photo of Judy Kelly

Judy Kelly

Ann Carrington

Photo of Hermione Gingold

Hermione Gingold

Aunt Sophie

Photo of Henry Kendall

Henry Kendall

Carmichael

Photo of Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Sir Hubert Playfair

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Reviews

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CinemaSerf

4/10

Sadly, another rather uninspired comedy romp trying hard to exploit the talents of Richard Hearne - and in this case, Francis L. Sullivan - but let down badly by a really poor script and too many slapstick sketches. Once again, Hearne is cast in two roles and has to juggle both identities in an overly convoluted plot that is both immediately obvious and, I'm afraid, unfunny. I can't imagine there was much of a budget nor time to put much creative effort into this wartime effort, so bearing that in mind it could well have been worse - but it is little better than a curio of the times, now.

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