Second Fiddle (1957)
Second Fiddle (1957)
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Plot.
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!
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Cast & Crew.
Adrienne Corri
Deborah
Thorley Walters
Charles
Lisa Gastoni
Pauline
Bill Fraser
Nixon
Richard Wattis
Bill Turner
Aud Johansen
Greta
Maurice Elvey
Director
Mary Cathcart Borer
Writer
Madoline Thomas
Fenny
Robert Dunbar
Writer
Ryck Rydon
Chuck
Allan MacKinnon
Writer
Jill Melford
Dolly
Joy Webster
Joan
Arnold Ridley
Writer
Dino Galvani
Dino
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Second Fiddle is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Adrienne Corri, Thorley Walters, Lisa Gastoni and Richard Wattis. The film was produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd. It was the final film of prolific director Maurice Elvey.The title comes from the phrase "to play second fiddle" in allusion to an orchestra, meaning to be ignored in relation to some other more important party whilst putting in as much effort.
Second Fiddle was missing from the BFI National Archive, and was listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films. BFI's update on the list reveals that the film is now found and commercially available on DVD from mid-2015.