Folly to Be Wise (1952)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 4, 1952Release Date
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
1h 31m
Running Time
December 4, 1952Release Date
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Plot.
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
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Cast & Crew.
Alastair Sim
Capt. William Paris
Elizabeth Allan
Angela Prout
Roland Culver
George Prout
George Cole
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Colin Gordon
Professor Mutch
Martita Hunt
Lady Dodd
Janet Brown
Jessie
Peter Martyn
Walter
Media.
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Wiki.
Folly to Be Wise is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Alastair Sim, Elizabeth Allan, Roland Culver, Colin Gordon, Martita Hunt and Edward Chapman. It is based on the play It Depends What You Mean by James Bridie. The film follows the efforts of a British Army chaplain attempting to recruit entertainment acts to perform for the troops and the complications that ensue when he does. The title is taken from the line by Thomas Gray "where ignorance is bliss, 'tis folly to be wise".
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