Laughter in Paradise

Name: Laughter in Paradise
Genre: Comedy
Released: 2007-12-02T09:51:27-08:00

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Movie Info

In this briskly-paced comedy a famed prankster kicks the bucket and leaves each of four relatives $140,000 on the condition that each recipient perform a special task before receiving their inheritance. He assigns his bossy, haughty sister to spend nearly a month as a maid. His cousin, a writer of pulp crime novels is assigned to spend the same amount of time in prison. The deceased tells a milque-toast bank clerk that he will not receive his portion unless he robs his employer. Finally the practical joker offers a portion to a carefree womanizer on the stipulation that he marry the first girl he meets. Released in 1951, Laughter in Paradise was Britain's top-grossing film. Watch carefully and see a young Audry Hepburn in a bit part as a cigarette girl.

Rating:

PG
Genre:

Comedy
Directed By:

Mario Zampi
Written By:

Jack Davies, Michael Pertwee
In Theaters:

Nov 11, 1951 wide
Runtime:

93 minutes
Studio:

Transocean

Cast

Alastair Sim
as Captain James Deniston Russell

Fay Compton
as Agnes Russell

Guy Middleton
as Simon Russell

Beatrice Campbell
as Lucille Grayson

Veronica Hurst
as Joan Webb

George Cole
as Herbert Russell

A.E. Matthews
as Sir Charles Robson

Joyce Grenfell
as Elizabeth Robson

Anthony Steel
as Roger Godfrey

John Laurie
as Gordon Webb

Eleanor Summerfield
as Sheila Wilcott

Ronald Adam
as Mr. Wagstaffe

Leslie Dwyer
as Police Sergeant

Ernest Thesiger
as Endicott

Hugh Griffith
as Henry Russell

Michael Pertwee
as Stuart

Audrey Hepburn
as Cigarette girl

Mackenzie Ward
as Benson

Charlotte Mitchell
as Ethel

Colin Gordon
as Station Constable

Mary Germaine
as Susan Heath

Noel Howlett
as Clerk of the Court

Martin Boddey
as Store Shopwalker

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Critic Reviews for Laughter in Paradise

All Critics (2) | Rotten (2)

As a whole, although the script contains some genuinely amusing ideas, neither script writers nor director have achieved the pace, invention and style of high comedy.

Feb 5, 2018 | Full Review…

MFB Critics
Monthly Film Bulletin
It should have been a riot, but the zany Brit comedy is fumbled by the heavy-handed direction.

Aug 24, 2014 | Rating: C+ | Full Review…

Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Audience Reviews for Laughter in Paradise

Jun 29, 2012

A quirky and charming British comedy that plays out like four stories woven into one (which pretty much hits the nail on the head). Unfortunately, woven is a bit of an overstatement because the film - despite the potential - does not screwball the stories into each other as much as it could have done. WIth a better scripwriter and finesse, this could have been a classic. This way, it feels like a below-par sitcom with easy laughts and no substance.

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