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Folly to Be Wise

1952
1h 31m
Comedy/Drama
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Cast

Alastair Sim (Rev. William Paris)Elizabeth Allan (Angela Prout)Roland Culver (George Prout)Colin Gordon (Professor Mutch)Martita Hunt (Lady Dodd)Janet Brown (Jessie)Peter Martyn (Walter)Miles Malleson (Dr. Hector McAdam)Edward Chapman (Joseph Byres M.P.)Cyril Chamberlain (Drill Sergeant)Michael Ripper (Drill Corporal)Robin Bailey (Intellectual Corporal)Michael Kelly (Staff Sergeant)Chris Adcock (Soldier in Audience)William Baskiville (Soldier in Audience)Martin Boddey (Visiting Brigadier)Maria Charles (WRAC)George Cole (Soldier in Brains Trust audience)

Director

Frank Launder

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Synopsis

Newly arrived Army chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers.

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