Folly to Be Wise (1953)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Rev. William Paris

      Alastair Sim

    • George Prout

      Roland Culver

    • Angela Prout

      Elizabeth Allan

    • Professor James Mutch

      Colin Gordon

    • Lady Dodd

      Martita Hunt

    • Jessie Killegrew

      Janet Brown

    • Walter

      Peter Martyn

    • Dr. Hector McAdam

      Miles Malleson

    • Joseph Byres, M.P.

      Edward Chapman

    • drill sergeant

      Cyril Chamberlain

    • drill corporal

      Michael Ripper

    • intellectual corporal

      Robin Bailey

    • staff sergeant

      Michael Kelly

    • [barmaid]

      Charlotte Mitchum

    • [landlord]

      Leslie Weston

    • [soldier in pub]

      Harold Lang

    • [soldier in pub]

      Patrick Westwood

    • [soldier in pub]

      Gilbert Harrison

    • [W.R.A.C.]

      Jo Powell

    • [W.R.A.C.]

      Catherine Finn

    • [W.R.A.C.]

      Enid McCall

    • [W.R.A.C.]

      Maria Charles

    • [visiting brigadier]

      Martin Boddey

    • [soldier in Brains Trust audience]

      George Cole

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Frank Launder

    • Sydney S. Streeter

    • Continuity

      Olga Brook

    Production:

    • [Production Company]

      London Film Productions

    • Produced in association with

      British Lion Film Corporation

    • Frank Launder

    • Sidney Gilliat

    • Jack Swinburne

    • Shepperton Studios

    Writing:

    • Frank Launder

    • John Dighton

    • From the play by

      James Bridie

    Photography:

    • Jack Hildyard

    • Peter Newbrook

    Editing:

    • Thelma Connell

    • Tony Lower

    Design:

    • Arthur Lawson

    Costumes:

    • Miss Allan's costumes designed by

      Anna Duse

    • Ivy Baker

    Make-up:

    • Michael Morris

    • Hairdressing

      Anne Fordyce

    Music:

    • Temple Abady

    • Music played by

      The New Symphony Orchestra

    • Royalton Kisch

    Sound:

    • John Cox

    • Peter Handford

    • Red Law

    • Bert Rule