Not one of the classic series, this is a so-so naval comedy starring farceurs Brian Reece and David Tomlinson as the sailor and the politician who accidentally swap identities. A.E. Matthews scene-stealing. Script adapt . Virginia McKenna is war-heroine Violette Szabo who joined the British Secret Service and worked behind enemy lines. It's grim and downbeat with a strong central performance.
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Lewis Gilbert, Vernon Harris. Lord Lebanon is the last of his line and his mother is determined to arrange a marriage between him and distant cousin Isla Crane. This is an enjoyable haunted house melodrama. The performances tend to emphasise the theatrical origins of the film, but that's part of the charm. Penelope Dudley Ward makes an agreeable heroine, but it' s Marius Goring and Helen Haye as the Lord and his mother who stick in the memory.