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No Kidding is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Gerald Thomas with Leslie Phillips

No Kidding (1960)

No Kidding
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Length 1h26
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Genres Comedy
Rating57% 2.8618652.8618652.8618652.8618652.861865

No Kidding is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas featuring Leslie Phillips, Geraldine McEwan and Irene Handl, Noel Purcell and Julia Lockwood. The film is adapted from Verily Anderson's 1958 memoir Beware of Children, under which title the film was released in the US. Anderson also wrote the screenplay.

The film has been interpreted by film scholar Wheeler Dixon as "a gentle critique of A. S. Neill's Summerhill method of schooling". Elsewhere it is described as "surprisingly sophisticated fare that also scores a number of interesting points about greed, privilege and class."

Synopsis

David (Leslie Phillips) and Catherine Robinson (Geraldine McEwan) move into a rundown country house. After a number of failed ventures, they are looking to build a solid business. They strike upon the idea of setting up a summer home for the children of the wealthy. They attract a number of customers, and hire a matron (June Jago) and a cook (Joan Hickson), and immediately fall foul of a local councillor (Irene Handl) who does not believe they should be allowed to look after children.

Actors

Leslie Phillips

(David Robinson)Geraldine McEwan

(Catherine Robinson)Joan Hickson

(Cook)Julia Lockwood

(Fenella / "Vanilla")Irene Handl

(Mrs. Spicer)
And :
Noel Purcell
Esma Cannon
Sydney Tafler
Brian Oulton
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