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To Dorothy a Son is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. It is known in the U.S. as Cash on Delivery, and is based on a play by Roger MacDougall. In order to earn a large inheritance, an American woman travels to Britain to prevent her ex-husband having any more children.

Cast

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Shelley Winters – Myrtle La Mar

John Gregson – Tony Rapallo

Peggy Cummins – Dorothy Rapallo

Wilfrid Hyde-White – Mr. Starke

Mona Washbourne – Mid Wife Appleby.

Hal Osmond – Livingstone Potts

Hartley Power – Cy Daniel

Maurice Kaufmann – Elmer the Pianist

John Warren – Waiter

Fred Berger – Furrier

Dorothy Bramhall – Starke's secretary

Nicholas Parsons – Passport Official

Ronald Adam – Parsons

Martin Miller – Brodcynsky

Alfie Bass – Cab Driver

Anthony Oliver – Express Reporter

Joan Sims – Telephone Operator

Aubrey Mather – Dr. Cameron

Meredith Edwards – Carter

Marjorie Rhodes – Landlady

Critical reception

TV Guide described the film as "a time-zone comedy, with Winters leading a British cast to give the film US appeal...None of it is terribly interesting" ; whereas The New York Times wrote, "BELIEVE it or not, the running time of a stork determines the heir or heiress to $2,000,000 in Cash on Delivery, a bright, British farce that was fun on delivery at the Little Carnegie yesterday...Shelley Winters, as Myrtle, is in one of those made-to-order roles. John Gregson, as Tony, and Peggy Cummins, as Dorothy, are fine. And Mona Washbourne makes a delightfully tart nurse. Deliver yourself to the Little Carnegie. You'll have a good time."

References

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