An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?An American airman (Peter Thompson) inherits an English title, but will he cope with English nobility?
Peter M. Thompson
- Joe Turner
- (as Peter Thompson)
Harold Lloyd Jr.
- Butch Halliday
- (as Harold Lloyd Jnr.)
Patrick Connor
- Orderly
- (as Pat Connor)
John McLaren
- Corporal
- (as John Maclaren)
- Director
- Writers
- John Paddy Carstairs(uncredited)
- John Baines(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaHarold Lloyd Jr. (aged 44) died in 1971, the same year as his father Harold Lloyd, from complications following a stroke.
Featured review
Tedious and limp humoured film.
Yet another film, where our American cousins, courtesy of an American airman, Joe Turner, played by Peter Thompson, and his two 'buddies,' encounter the upper crust of English society. The contrived plot, whereby Thompson inherits the title of 'Earl,' gives the writers plenty of opportunity to trot out the usual contrasting hackneyed phrases and different forms of social etiquette, which expose the cultural differences between two English speaking countries. The differences are literally 'hammered home' by Thompson's 'buddy' 'Slowburn'' played by Jon Pertwee, no less, dressed in very loud clothes, repeating 'yeah' all the time and speaking in an excruciating phoney New York, Bronx nasal accent. The other 'buddy' called, 'Butch,' played by Harold Lloyd Junior, has little to say or do, but merely act as a shadow to Peter Thompson. Sid James, has a cameo part as a cigar chewing, nightclub owner, but is far from convincing, let down by a poor accent and a tendency to 'overdo' it on the trite American 'gangster' phrases. The English aristocrats likewise are simply cardboard stereotypes, with the 'wolfish cad' being played by Guy Middleton, who refers to any lady he meets as 'old girl' and Richard Wattis, playing the very posh and stuffy butler, who is shocked and mortified by the informality of the three American guests, who have invaded the aristocratic home of his 'master' played by Edward Chapman, the Duke of Fontenham. The cultural differences, which are at the heart of the film, simply fail to summon up amusement or humour, hence the tempo of the film is all very tedious and flat. Thompson's romance with Angela, the Duke's daughter, played Noelle Middleton, is dull and lacks any form of sparkle. Her BBC, RADA voice, and her one dimensional responses, renders the 'romantic' scenes as yawn inducing.
Sadly, this was nothing more then a 'time filler' film, before the main feature. Great waste of talent.
Sadly, this was nothing more then a 'time filler' film, before the main feature. Great waste of talent.
helpful•12
- geoffm60295
- May 19, 2022
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Seine Lordschaft aus Brooklyn
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 25 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content