An Edwardian upper-class twit plots to marry off his sister to his equally dim friend, but she is far more interested in the family's working-class gamekeeper. The siblings' eccentric aunt tries to resolve the crisis by leading the whole family on a tour of Italy and India in the misguided hope that romance will blossom. Comedy, starring Peter Ustinov, Prunella Scales, Sean Pertwee, Georgina Cates and Samuel West.
A parody (long overdue, some might feel) of the "white flannel" school of British film-making that produced the likes of Brideshead Revisited, Chariots of Fire and Gandhi, which are all amusingly ridiculed here by Gary Sinyor, one of the directors of Leon the Pig Farmer. Prunella Scales is delightful as the aristocratic Aunt Agnes, who takes her soppy family on a grand tour, on which many awful mishaps occur. A genuinely witty script, and locations in Italy and India, make one forget that the joke could have been made in a three-minute television sketch. A marvellous cast does not include producer Ismail Merchant, who refused a part - as a merchant.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Horace | Peter Ustinov |
| Aunt Agnes Ivory | Prunella Scales |
| Emily Ivory | Georgina Cates |
| Edward Ivory | Samuel West |
| George | Sean Pertwee |
| Eric | Brian Glover |
| Hudson Junior | Frank Finlay |
| Cedric Trilling | Robert Portal |
| Hurdler | Kevin Furlong |
| Station master | Jon Croft |
| Hudson senior | Charles Simon |
| Rosie | Anna Livia Ryan |
| His Butler's voice | Geoffrey Palmer |
| Dr Henry | David Ashton |
| Mr Tweeb | Richard Braine |
| American husband | Mac McDonald |
| American wife | Kate Harper |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Gary Sinyor |
