Folly to Be Wise

Folly to Be Wise

91 mins | Comedy | Dec. 4, 1952

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.

Folly to Be Wise

91 mins | Comedy | Dec. 4, 1952

Folly to Be Wise
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers British Lion Films
Original title Folly to Be Wise
Directors Frank Launder
Writers James Bridie, Frank Launder, John Dighton

Cast

Alastair Sim

as Capt. William Paris

Elizabeth Allan

as Angela Prout

Roland Culver

as George Prout

George Cole

as Soldier in Brains Trust audience

Colin Gordon

as Professor Mutch

Martita Hunt

as Lady Dodd

Janet Brown

as Jessie

Peter Martyn

as Walter

Miles Malleson

as Dr. Hector McAdam

Edward Chapman

as Joseph Byres M.P.

Cyril Chamberlain

as Drill Sergeant

Michael Ripper

as Drill Corporal

Robin Bailey

as Intellectual Corporal

Michael Kelly

as Staff Sergeant