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The Amorous Prawn is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Anthony Kimmins with Ian Carmichael
The Amorous Prawn (1962)
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Add to a movie listThe Amorous Prawn or The Amorous Mr. Prawn is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker. The film was based on a farcical play by Kimmins.
In the United States the film was retitled The Playgirl and the War Minister to exploit the Profumo Affair.
Synopsis
General Fitzadam receives his final posting in the remote Scottish Highlands, where his wife decides to run their residence as a hotel for wealthy Americans.Actors
Ian Carmichael
(Cpl. Sidney Green)
Joan Greenwood
(Lady Dodo Fitzadam)
Cecil Parker
(Gen. Sir Hamish Fitzadam)
Dennis Price
(Prawn)
Robert Beatty
(Larry Hoffman)
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