A Lady Mislaid
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| Directed by | David MacDonald |
| Written by | Frederick Gotfurt |
| Based on |
A Lady Mislaid by Kenneth Horne |
| Produced by | Robert Hall |
| Starring |
Phyllis Calvert Alan White Thorley Walters Gillian Owen |
| Cinematography | Norman Warwick |
| Edited by | Seymour Logie |
| Music by | Sydney John Kay |
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| Distributed by | Associated British-Pathé (UK) |
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Running time |
60 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
A Lady Mislaid is a 1958 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Phyllis Calvert, Alan White and Thorley Walters. It is based on a 1948 play of the same name by Kenneth Horne.
Plot
Esther, (Phyllis Calvert), and her sister Jennifer, (Gillian Owen), are spinsters. Esther has bought a remote country cottage, and has invited her novelist sister to stay for recuperation. Esther hasn't told Jennifer that a policeman, (Alan White), had called, earlier, had explained that the police wanted to search the house and gardens for the body of the former owner's wife, and that she'd agreed. When a human skeleton is unearthed in the chicken coop, the finger of suspicion points firmly at the previous occupant, Mr. Smith (Thorley Walters).
Cast
- Phyllis Calvert as Esther Williams
- Alan White as Det. Sgt. Bullock
- Thorley Walters as Smith
- Gillian Owen as Jennifer
- Richard Leech as George
- Constance Fraser as Mrs. Small
- Sheila Shand Gibbs as Betty
Critical reception
The Radio Times gave the film two out of five stars, and wrote, "A quaint idea and a decent cast make perfectly respectable entertainment out of an hour-long British programmer, but there's not much more to be said for it."