Second Fiddle

Second Fiddle

78 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 10, 1957

Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the country, while Charles is regarded as 'thoroughly reliable'. But there is one hard-and-fast rule at the agency: the board of directors will not allow any married women on their staff; as soon as a girl marries, she must resign!

Second Fiddle

78 mins | Comedy, Romance | June 10, 1957

Second Fiddle
Deborah and Charles, young executives at the thriving Pontifex Advertising Agency, are very much in love. Deborah is recognised by her employers as the most brilliant TV executive in the country, while Charles is regarded as 'thoroughly reliable'. But there is one hard-and-fast rule at the agency: the board of directors will not allow any married women on their staff; as soon as a girl marries, she must resign!
Producers Association of Cinema Technicians (A.C.T.)
Original title Second Fiddle
Directors Maurice Elvey
Writers Robert Dunbar, Mary Cathcart Borer, Allan MacKinnon

Cast

Adrienne Corri

as Deborah

Thorley Walters

as Charles

Lisa Gastoni

as Pauline

Richard Wattis

as Bill Turner

Bill Fraser

as Nixon

Aud Johansen

as Greta

Madoline Thomas

as Fenny

Ryck Rydon

as Chuck

Jill Melford

as Dolly

Joy Webster

as Joan

Dino Galvani

as Dino

Johnny Briggs

as Jimmy

Launce Maraschal

as Pontifex

Frederick Piper

as Potter

Beckett Bould

as General

Fred Victor

as Wallace

Christina Lubicz

as Tahiti Waitress

Yah Ming

as Chinese Waiter

Brian Nissen

as Jack Carter

Doreen Dawn

as Geraldine

Cyril Renison

as Jenkins

Ian Whittaker

as Delivery Boy