One Wild Oat
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Running time 1h 16m Editor Margery Saunders | 6/10 IMDb Duration Genre Comedy Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1951 Cast (Humphrey Proudfoot), (Alfred Gilbey), Andrew Crawford (Fred Gilbey), (Mrs. Gilbey), (Hotel Receptionist), James Fox (Porter)Similar movies Stanley Holloway appears in One Wild Oat and A Day to Remember | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
One Wild Oat is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Stanley Holloway, Robertson Hare and Sam Costa with a notable appearance by a pre-stardom Audrey Hepburn as an extra.
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Plot
A barrister (Robertson Hare) attempts to discourage his daughter's infatuation for a philanderer by revealing his past. The plan backfires when the daughter's would-be father-in-law (Stanley Holloway) threatens to reveal the barrister's shady background.
Cast
Production
It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by the art director Ivan King. The film was adapted by Vernon Sylvaine from his 1948 play One Wild Oat. The stage production debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and was directed by Jack Buchanan.
The stage version starred Robertson Hare, who reprised his role for the film, and Arthur Riscoe (who replaced Alfred Drayton following his death in 1949), the part being played by Stanley Holloway in the screen version. The stage cast were (in order of appearance): Julie Mortimer, Constance Lorne, Robertson Hare, George Bradford/Robert Moreton, June Sylvaine, Arthur Riscoe, John Stone, Ruth Maitland, Tom Squire, Charles Groves, Anne Stapledon, Horace Sequeira and Helene Burls.
References
One Wild Oat WikipediaOne Wild Oat IMDb One Wild Oat themoviedb.org