The Amorous Prawn [The Amorous Mr Prawn] *** (1962, Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood, Cecil Parker, Derek Nimmo, Liz Fraser, Robert Beatty, Finlay Currie) – Classic Movie Review 8790

Director Anthony Kimmins’s 1962 British comedy The Amorous Prawn has the huge advantage of entertaining people to perform it, and they make much of this film version of the director’s gently farcical stage hit.

Joan Greenwood especially pleases as Lady Dodo Fitzadam, the hard-pressed lady wife of General Sir Hamish Fitzadam (Cecil Parker) who devises a moneymaking scheme to board American salmon fishermen at their Scottish residence. She waits till the general is away, then pretends to be a widow and gets the staff to masquerade as servants for the paying guests.

The Amorous Prawn is mild, soft and occasionally silly, but nevertheless the good-natured, old-fashioned comedy still amuses. Co-stars Dennis Price, Ian Carmichael, Derek Nimmo, Liz Fraser, Robert Beatty and Finlay Currie are all very welcome too.

Also in the cast are Robert Nichols, Bridget Armstrong, Harry Locke, RSM Brittain, Sandra Dorne (as Busty Babs), Roddy McMillan, Russell Waters, Roberta Desti, Michael Ripper, Gerald Sim, Geoffrey Bayldon, Eric Francis and Reg Lye.

It is independently made by Covent Garden Films at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England, and distributed by British Lion.

It is also known as The Amorous Mr Prawn and The Playgirl and the War Minister (a desperate, non-relevant attempt to cash in on the then current Christine Keeler – John Profumo political scandal in the UK).

The Amorous Prawn [The Amorous Mr Prawn] [The Playgirl and the War Minister] is directed by Anthony Kimmins, runs 89 minutes, is made by Covent Garden Films, distributed by British Lion, is written by Anthony Kimmins and Nicholas Phipps, based on the play by Anthony Kimmins, is shot in black and bhite by Wilkie Cooper, is produced by Leslie Gilliat and is scored by John Barry.

© Derek Winnert 2019 Classic Movie Review 8790

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