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Director
  
Henry Cornelius

Music director
  
Georges Auric

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Story by
  
Paul Gallico

Duration
  

Language
  
English

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Cast
  
Kenneth More, Betsy Drake

Release date
  
August 1958 (London) (UK)

Based on
  
short story by Paul Gallico

Writer
  
Henry Cornelius, Paul Gallico (story)

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Kenneth More appears in Next to No Time and The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

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Next to No Time is a 1958 British comedy, filmed in colour, starring Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, John Laurie, Sid James and Irene Handl. It was written and directed by Henry Cornelius and was based on Paul Gallico's short story "The Enchanted Hour".

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Plot

A mild-mannered British planning engineer is sent across the Atlantic by his firm to negotiate a deal, a task for which he feels hugely out of his depth. However, a friendly barman, with the help of one of his special cocktails, convinces him that his personality changes during the hour when the clocks on the ship are stopped when it enters a new time zone in its progress west.

Cast

  • Kenneth More as David Webb
  • Betsy Drake as Georgia Brent
  • Roland Culver as Sir Godfrey Cowan
  • Harry Green as Saul Wiener
  • Patrick Barr as Jerry Lane
  • Maureen Connell as Mary
  • Reginald Beckwith as Warren, Sir Godfrey's Secretary
  • John Welsh as Steve, the Barman
  • Bessie Love as Becky Wiener
  • Howard Marion-Crawford as Hobbs
  • Clive Morton as Wallis
  • John Laurie as Abercrombie, Scottish Director
  • Raymond Huntley as Factory Supervisor
  • Eleanor Bryan as Susie
  • Irene Handl as Greengrocer
  • Sidney James as Cabin Steward
  • Ferdy Mayne as Mario
  • Rupert Davies as Auction organiser
  • Sandra Walden as Hester
  • Fred Griffiths as Customer
  • Yvonne Buckingham as Mario's Girl Friend
  • Valerie Buckley as American Girl
  • Paul Cole as American Boy

    • Critical reception

    The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Cornelius' little frolic is very much like the bubbles cascading around the opening title and credits—thin, transparent and bouncy."

    References

    Next to No Time Wikipedia
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    Next to No Time IMDb Next to No Time themoviedb.org