The Admirable Crichton (1957)

6.9/10 94 min Adventure Comedy Romance

Overview

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.

Cast

Kenneth More

Bill Crichton

Diane Cilento

Eliza Tweeny

Cecil Parker

Lord Henry Loam

Sally Ann Howes

Lady Mary

Martita Hunt

Lady Brocklehurst

Jack Watling

Treherne

Peter Graves

Brocklehurst

Gerald Harper

Ernest

Miranda Connell

Miles Malleson

Eddie Byrne

Joan Young

Brenda Hogan

Toke Townley

Roland Curram

John Le Mesurier

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