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Director:
Peter Ustinov
Writers:
F. Anstey (novel)
Peter Ustinov (written by)
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Release Date:
January 1948 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Roger Livesey ... Paul Bultitude
Kay Walsh ... Florence 'Fanny' Verlane
Petula Clark ... Dulcie Grimstone
David Hutcheson ... Marmaduke Paradine
Anthony Newley ... Dick Bultitude
James Robertson Justice ... Dr. Grimstone
Patricia Raine ... Alice
Joan Young ... Mrs. Grimstone
Vida Hope ... 1st Nanny
Vi Kaley ... 2nd Nanny
Ernest Jay ... Bowler
Kynaston Reeves ... Dr. Chawner
Harcourt Williams ... Judge
Bill Shine ... Lord Gosport
Andrew Blackett ... Duke of Margate
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
111 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U
Filming Locations:
Denham Studios, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Company:
George H. Brown Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
First lull length feature of Anthony Newley. more
Movie Connections:
Remade as Vice Versa (1988) more

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brilliant movie English humour at its best, 19 May 2005
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Author: morrisonm-1 from United States

English comedy tends to fall into one of two types. The first involves the clever and often risqué use of the English language. The second involves physical or slap-stick humour. The best English comedies successfully combine both types and the 1948 version of Vice Versa is just such a comedy. To see the great Roger Livesey cavorting as a young boy is alone worth the price of admission. It is arguably easier for a young person to act old than it is for an old person to act young, mimicry being easier than regression. To carry either role off is, however, no mean feat. Anthony Newley is brilliant as the young Dick Bultitude imitating his fathers sophisticated and worldly ways. It is also great fun to watch the young Petula Clark years before she became a famous pop star. If you want to watch both the 1988 version of this story starring Judge Reinhold as well as the 1948 version, I would strongly recommend you see the 1988 version first. You will enjoy the 1988 version. The 1948 version of Vice Versa is however the definitive one. After seeing it you will be spoiled for all others.

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