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Carlton-Browne of the F.O. Directed by Roy Boulting
Jeffrey DellProduced by John Boulting Written by Roy Boulting (screenplay and story)
Jeffrey Dell (screenplay and story)Starring Terry-Thomas
Peter Sellers
John Le Mesurier
Ian BannenRelease date(s) 10 March, 1959 (London)
14 June, 1960 (New York)Running time 86 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (U.S. title: Man in a Cocked Hat) is a 1959 British comedy film made by the Boulting Brothers.
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Plot
An inept Foreign Office (F.O.) diplomat (played by Terry-Thomas) is sent to re-establish good relations with the mineral-rich British Pacific island colony of Gaillardia that has been forgotten for 50 years.
Cast
- Terry-Thomas as Cadogen De Vere Carlton-Browne
- Peter Sellers as Prime Minister Amphibulos
- Luciana Paluzzi as Princess Ilyena
- Ian Bannen as the young king
- Thorley Walters as Colonel Bellingham
- Raymond Huntley as the Foreign Office Minister
- Miles Malleson as Resident Advisor Davidson
- John Le Mesurier as the Grand Duke
- Marie Lohr as Lady Carlton-Browne
- Kynaston Reeves as Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne
- Ronald Adam as Sir John Farthing
- John Van Eyssen as Hewitt
- Nicholas Parsons as Rodgers
- Irene Handl as Mrs. Carter
- Harry Locke as Gaillardian commentator
- Basil Dignam as Security Officer
- Sam Kydd as Signaller
- Robert Bruce as Major Miller
- John Glyn-Jones as Newsreel Interviewer
- Marianne Stone as Woman In Cinema
- Kathryn Keeton as Dancer
- Margaret Lacey as Onlooker
See also
- Gaillardia, a relative of the sunflower
External links
Categories:- English-language films
- 1950s comedy films
- 1959 films
- Black-and-white films
- British films
- Films directed by Roy Boulting
- Films directed by Jeffrey Dell
- 1950s comedy film stubs
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