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To Dorothy, a Son is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Muriel Box with Shelley Winters
To Dorothy, a Son (1954)
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Add to a movie listTo Dorothy a Son is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Muriel Box and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins. It is known in the U.S. as Cash on Delivery, and is based on a play by Roger MacDougall. In order to earn a large inheritance, an American woman travels to Britain to prevent her ex-husband having any more children.
Actors
Shelley Winters
(Myrtle La Mar)
John Gregson
(Tony Rapallo)
Peggy Cummins
(Dorothy Rapallo)
Wilfrid Hyde-White
(Starke)
Mona Washbourne
(Midwife Appleby)
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