The Perfect Woman *** (1949, Patricia Roc, Nigel Patrick, Stanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, Irene Handl, David Hurst) – Classic Movie Review 12,213

‘Designed for tired businessmen!’ THE PERFECT WOMAN (1949) is a robot!

Director Bernard Knowles’s 1949 British comedy film The Perfect Woman stars Patricia Roc as Penelope Belman, the niece of scientist Professor Belman (Miles Malleson), who creates a robot called Olga modelled on her to prove that it is undistinguishable from a real woman.

He hires impoverished Roger Cavendish (Nigel Patrick) and his valet (Stanley Holloway) to take the robot out for a night on the town, and they book it into a hotel’s bridal suite. Once the confusion begins between the girl and the robot, the laughs kick in happily, and a surprisingly jolly screwball comedy develops.

The screenplay by Bernard Knowles, J B Boothroyd and George Black is based on a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil John Mitchell.

The cast are Patricia Roc, Nigel Patrick, Stanley Holloway, Miles Malleson, Irene Handl, David Hurst, Pamela Davis, Noel Howlett, Patti Morgan, Constance Smith, Philippa Gill, Anita Sharp-Bolster, and Fred Berger.

The Perfect Woman is directed by Bernard Knowles, runs 89 minutes, is made by Two Cities, is released by General Film Distributors, is written by Bernard Knowles, J B Boothroyd and George Black, based on a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil John Mitchell, is shot in black and white by Jack Hildyard and Russell Thompson, is produced by George Black, Alfred Black and Bernard Knowles, is scored by Arthur Wilkinson.

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