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Wikipedia article'Fast and Loose' is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London with sets designed by the art director John Howell. It was based on the play 'A Cuckoo in the Nest' by Ben Travers, the first of his Aldwych farces, which had previously been adapted as a 1933 film of the same title. PlotAn unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room. Cast* Stanley Holloway as Major George Crabb * Kay Kendall as Carol Hankin * Brian Reece as Peter Wickham * Charles Victor as Lumper * June Thorburn as Barbara 'Babsie' Wickham * Reginald Beckwith as Reverend Tripp-Johnson * Vida Hope as Gladys * Joan Young as Mrs. Gullett, Inn Manageress * Fabia Drake as Mrs Crabb * Dora Bryan as Mary Rawlings, the maid * Aubrey Mather as Noony * Toke Townley as Alfred * Alexander Gauge as Hankin * Eliot Makeham as Railway porter * John Warren as Chauffeur Critical receptionTV Guide called the film an "unfunny remake of 'A Cuckoo in the Nest' (1933)." References | |
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