Prudence and the Pill (1968)
1h 32m
Running Time
May 23, 1968Release Date
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
1h 32m
Running Time
May 23, 1968Release Date
Plot.
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?
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Cast & Crew.
![Deborah Kerr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6299-deborah-kerr.webp)
Deborah Kerr
Prudence Hardcastle
![David Niven](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5790-david-niven.webp)
David Niven
Gerald Hardcastle
![Robert Coote](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22653-robert-coote.webp)
Robert Coote
Henry Hardcastle
![Irina Demick](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48009-irina-demick.webp)
Irina Demick
Elizabeth Brett
![Joyce Redman](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40175-joyce-redman.webp)
Joyce Redman
Grace Hardcastle
![Fielder Cook](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Fielder Cook
Director
![Judy Geeson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26862-judy-geeson.webp)
Judy Geeson
Geraldine Hardcastle
![Ronald Neame](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/36778-ronald-neame.webp)
Ronald Neame
Director
![Keith Michell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/84224-keith-michell.webp)
Keith Michell
Dr. Alan Huart
![Hugh Mills](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Mills
Writer
![Edith Evans](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/40174-edith-evans.webp)
Edith Evans
Roberta Bates
![Kenneth Harper](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kenneth Harper
Producer
![David Dundas](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/318941-david-dundas.webp)
David Dundas
Tony Bates
![Vickery Turner](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/566860-vickery-turner.webp)
Vickery Turner
Rose
![Ronald J. Kahn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ronald J. Kahn
Producer
![Hugh Armstrong](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hugh Armstrong
Ted
![Bernard Ebbinghouse](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Bernard Ebbinghouse
Composer
![Peter Butterworth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/20389-peter-butterworth.webp)
Peter Butterworth
Chemist
![Moyra Fraser](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/158427-moyra-fraser.webp)
Moyra Fraser
Woman in Tea Shop
![Annette Kerr](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42465-annette-kerr.webp)
Annette Kerr
Gerald's Secretary
![Harry Towb](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/43675-harry-towb.webp)
Harry Towb
Racetrack Official
![Jonathan Lynn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/42174-jonathan-lynn.webp)
Jonathan Lynn
Chemist's Assistant
![Roy Beck](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/192354-roy-beck.webp)
Roy Beck
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
![Ivor Dean](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ivor Dean
City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)
![Arthur Hewlett](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/195779-arthur-hewlett.webp)
Arthur Hewlett
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
![Michael Hordern](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/10229-michael-hordern.webp)
Michael Hordern
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
![John Tatham](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Tatham
Man Sitting in Grandstand at the Races (uncredited)
![Joseph Tregonino](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joseph Tregonino
Waiter (uncredited)
![Ted Moore](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
![Julie Harris](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/102816-julie-harris.webp)
Julie Harris
Costume Design
![Wilfred Shingleton](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
![Norman Savage](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Norman Savage
Editor
Details.
Release DateMay 23, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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Wiki.
Prudence and the Pill is a 1968 British comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Fielder Cook and Ronald Neame and produced by Kenneth Harper and Ronald J. Kahn from a screenplay by Hugh Mills, based on his 1965 novel. The music score was by Bernard Ebbinghouse and the cinematography by Ted Moore.
The film stars Deborah Kerr and David Niven with Robert Coote, Irina Demick, Joyce Redman, Judy Geeson, Keith Michell, Michael Hordern and Edith Evans.
Hayley Mills was originally announced for the part eventually filled by Geeson. Mills had previously co-starred with Kerr and Evans in The Chalk Garden (1964), which was also directed by Neame.