When her soon to be retired general husband Cecil Parker heads over to the United States while she's supposed to be closing the house up so they can retire to the country, Lady Joan Greenwood turns their large home into a hotel to raise some extra money. No sooner has she gotten some established long-term paying guests, Parker returns, turning everything upside down before finding out the truth.
With Parker's right-hand man Ian Carmichael acting as the major domo, several female staffers acting as chambermaids and the cook becoming a temperamental chef (creating pretentious meals), various lascivious American guests and suspicious neighbors and officials, it's a complicated situation to resolve everything.
Amusing if quickly forgettable comedy of errors and manners has some nice bits of farce and wacky situations, this is a fun time filler but nothing special among the many similar types of British sexual comedies. But the performances are good, and individual characterizations provide some laughs such as the chef who looks like he's going to burst into tears at any moment and the large Scottish official suspecting something up and determined to figure it out. Glamorous Greenwood is very charming and makes all the unbelievable situations she finds herself in a bit more palatable.
With Parker's right-hand man Ian Carmichael acting as the major domo, several female staffers acting as chambermaids and the cook becoming a temperamental chef (creating pretentious meals), various lascivious American guests and suspicious neighbors and officials, it's a complicated situation to resolve everything.
Amusing if quickly forgettable comedy of errors and manners has some nice bits of farce and wacky situations, this is a fun time filler but nothing special among the many similar types of British sexual comedies. But the performances are good, and individual characterizations provide some laughs such as the chef who looks like he's going to burst into tears at any moment and the large Scottish official suspecting something up and determined to figure it out. Glamorous Greenwood is very charming and makes all the unbelievable situations she finds herself in a bit more palatable.