Helter Skelter
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This is a riotous romantic comedy directed by Ralph Thomas better known for the 'Doctor' series of films.
Heiress Susan Graham (Carol Marsh) is desperate to find a cure for her hiccups. She is both helped and hindered by her two uncles, each with a son
keen to marry Susan. She encounters BBC radio star Nick Martin (David Tomlinson) and her quest leads her to a haunted house and an eccentric
psychiatrist (Jimmy Edwards) who recommends laughter as the only cure for her affliction.
Susan's hilarious journey leads her to the BBC radio studios where she again encounters Nick and a romance begins to blossom, however Nick's
domineering mother does all she can to keep them apart. Will Susan find true love and a cure for her hiccups?
Cast In Alphabetical Order
Bill Fraser as Oliver Cromwell
Carol Marsh as Susan Graham
Colin Gordon as Chadbeater Longwick
David Tomlinson as Nick Martin
Dennis Price as Lord Byron
Edmund Willard as Ezekial
Esma Cannon as Autograph Huntress
Geoffrey Sumner as Humphrey Beagle
George Benson as Temporary Waiter
Glynis Johns as Miranda Trewella
Harry Secombe as Alf
Henry Kendall as Lord Bruce Carlton
Jimmy Edwards as Himself
Johnny Briggs as BBC Page Boy
Jon Pertwee as Headwaiter / Charles II
Judith Furse as Mrs. Martin
Mervyn Johns as Ernest Bennett
Patricia Raine as Amber
Peter Haddon as Major Basil Beagle
Peter Hammond as Spencer Stone
Richard Hearne as Professor Pastry
Sandra Dorne as Receptionist
Terry Thomas as Himself
Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. B. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde
Zena Marshall as Giselle
Crew
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Produced by Antony Darnborough & Alfred Roome
Written by Patrick Campbell
With additional dialogue by
Gerard Bryant & Jan Read
Released 1949
Run Time 71 minutes.
