Fast and Loose (1954 film)
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 British poster by Eric Pulford | |
| Directed by | Gordon Parry |
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| Based on | A Cuckoo in the Nest (play) by Ben Travers |
| Produced by | Teddy Baird |
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| Edited by | Frederick Wilson |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Production company | Group Film Productions Limited |
| Distributed by | General Film Distributors |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Fast and Loose is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. 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.
Plot[]
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An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.[1]
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
- 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 reception[]
TV Guide called the film an "unfunny remake of A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)."[2]
References[]
- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | FAST AND LOOSE (1954)". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
- ^ "Fast And Loose Review". Movies.tvguide.com. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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- 1954 films
- English-language films
- British films
- Films directed by Gordon Parry
- 1954 comedy films
- British comedy films
- Films shot at Pinewood Studios
- Films set in London
- British film remakes
- 1950s British comedy film stubs