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A Cuckoo in the Nest (film)

A Cuckoo in the Nest
Directed by Tom Walls
Produced by Ian Dalrymple
Angus MacPhail
Written by A.R. Rawlinson
Ben Travers (play)
Starring Tom Walls
Ralph Lynn
Yvonne Arnaud
Robertson Hare
Music by Louis Levy
Cinematography Glen MacWilliams
Freddie Young
Edited by Helen Lewis
Production
company
Distributed by Woolf and Freedman
Release date
November 1933
Running time
85 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

A Cuckoo in the Nest is a 1933 British film, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers. It is a screen adaption of the original 1925 Aldwych farce of the same title. The film was remade in 1954 as Fast and Loose.

It was made at Lime Grove Studios. The film's sets were designed by Alfred Junge.

Peter and Barbara Wyckham plan to travel by railway from London to a country house in Somerset, but Peter misses the train. Another intending traveller in a similar plight is Marguerite Hickett, an old friend of Peter's from the days before their marriages. They decide to hire a motor car and drive to Somerset, but the car breaks down and they seek refuge at the local inn. Only one bedroom is available, and as it is very clear that the landlady, Mrs Spoker, will not admit an unmarried couple, Peter and Marguerite check in as husband and wife.

Barbara jumps to the conclusion that Peter and Marguerite have run away together. First her parents, Major and Mrs Bone, and then Marguerite's husband and finally Barbara descend on the inn. It becomes clear to everyone that Peter and Marguerite are blameless, and both couples are reconciled.

Cast members marked * were the creators of the roles in the original stage production.


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