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Director
  
Harold French

Language
  
English

6.6/10
IMDb

Duration
  

Country
  
United Kingdom

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Writer
  
Anatole de Grunwald
,
Roland Pertwee

Release date
  
6 September 1941 (UK) 12 September 1943 (US)

Jeannie (also known as Girl in Distress) is a 1941 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Barbara Mullen, Michael Redgrave and Albert Lieven.

Contents

The film's sets were designed by Duncan Sutherland.

It was loosely remade in 1957 as Let's Be Happy.

Plot

Jeannie McLean (Mullen) is a Scottish girl who finds that she has received an inheritance. The film follows her adventures of finding her family castle and being romanced by different men.

Cast

  • Barbara Mullen as Jeannie McLean
  • Albert Lieven as Count Erich von Wittgenstein
  • Michael Redgrave as Stanley Smith
  • Kay Hammond as Margaret
  • Wilfrid Lawson as James McLean
  • Gus McNaughton as Angus Whitelaw
  • Phyllis Stanley as Mrs. Whitelaw
  • Percy Walsh as French Customs Man
  • Edward Chapman as Mr. Jansen
  • Hilda Bayley as Mrs. Jansen
  • Marjorie Fielding as Mrs. Murdoch
  • Philip Godfrey as Restaurant Car Man
  • Googie Withers as Laundry Girl
  • Joss Ambler as Proprietor
  • Katie Johnson as Mathilda
  • Joan Kemp-Welch as Jeannie's sister
  • Rachel Kempson as Maggie, Jeannie's sister
  • Ian Fleming as Rev MacDonald, the Minister
  • Wally Patch as Porter
  • Brefni O'Rorke as Quarantine Officer
  • Anne Shelton as Singer In Club
  • Frank Cellier as Man Who Has Lost His Keys
  • Critical reception

    The New York Times wrote, "Every now and then, thank heaven, there comes to Broadway a modest and unsung little film that arouses no anticipations at all and then quietly and firmly captivates you. "Jeannie," now at the Little Carnegie, is just such a film, and this corner, at least, accepts it with pleasure as that theatre's first offering of the season...For "Jeannie"...is as enchanting a bit of rue and nonsense as we've succumbed to in many a month..."Jeannie" is pure comedy of character. And what refreshing comedy it is!...Director Harold French...has staged the story with affection and understanding, "Jeannie" is not super-duper entertainment to knock your eye out, but it does have the gleam of real gold. As Jeannie likes to say: "My, how nice!" and Leonard Maltin similarly approved of an "Enjoyable comedy-romance," and rated the film three out of four stars.

    References

    Jeannie (film) Wikipedia
    Jeannie (film) IMDb