There Was a Young Lady (1953)

Film details

Featuring

Michael Denison Dulcie Gray Sydney Tafler
Director

Lawrence Huntington
Country

United Kingdom
Year

1953
Genres

Comedy Crime
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

Comedy. Elizabeth Foster, the super-efficient secretary of London jeweller David Walsh, finds herself in the way of some thieves attempting a smash-and grab robbery, and they abduct her as they flee. Keeping her locked up in their 'borrowed' mansion hideaway in the countryside (while its owner, as one thief explains, is on holiday in 'the Bananas'), Elizabeth tries to escape and also teaches the gang some housekeeping and cookery skills. They plan to commit one more robbery before they leave the country, and in this time David follows a clue Elizabeth has left him in a bid to rescue her and bring the crooks to justice.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - David Walsh
    
    Michael Denison
  - Elizabeth Foster
    
    Dulcie Gray
  - Johnny
    
    Sydney Tafler
  - Arthur
    
    Charles Farrell
  - Irene Summerfield
    
    Geraldine McEwan
  - 1st jeweller
    
    Marcel Poncin
  - Basher
    
    Robert Adair
  - A.R. Weatherspoon
    
    Tommy Duggan
  - Charlie, Duke of Chiddingfold
    
    Bill Shine
  - Joe
    
    Bill Owen
  - Tom Bass
    
    Kenneth Connor
  - 2nd jeweller
    
    Basil Dignam
  - man delivering safe
    
    Ben Williams
  - barmaid
    
    Janet Butler
  - cast member
    
    Gerald Rex
Credits
- Direction:
  - Directed by
    
    Lawrence Huntington
  - Assistant Director
    
    Pat Kelly
  - 2nd Assistant Director
    
    Eric Pavitt (uncredited)
  - 3rd Assistant Director
    
    Max Gayton (uncredited)
  - Continuity
    
    Anne Deeley
  Rights:
  - ©
    
    Butcher's Film Service Limited
  Production:
  - Production Company
    
    Nettlefold Films Limited
  - An Ernest G. Roy Production
    
    Ernest G. Roy
  - Produced by
    
    A.R. Rawlinson
  - Production Manager
    
    E.S. Laurie
  - Produced at
    
    Nettlefold Studios Walton-on-Thames
  Writing:
  - Screen Play by
    
    Lawrence Huntington
  - From an original story by
    
    Vernon Harris
  - From an original story by
    
    John Jowett
  Photography:
  - Director of Photography
    
    Gerald Gibbs
  - Camera Work
    
    Noel Rowland
  - Focus Puller
    
    Nobby Smith (uncredited)
  - Clapper/Loader
    
    Peter Lamb (uncredited)
  Stills:
  - Stills Photography
    
    Norman Hargood (uncredited)
  Editing:
  - Editor
    
    Joseph Sterling
  - 1st Assistant Editor
    
    Peter Pitt (uncredited)
  - 2nd Assistant Editor
    
    John Glen (uncredited)
  Design:
  - Art Director
    
    Fred Pusey
  - Assistant Art Director
    
    Harry White
  Costumes:
  - Wardrobe
    
    June Kirby
  Make-up:
  - Principal Make-up
    
    John O'Gorman
  - Hairdresser
    
    Fordyce, Ann
  Music:
  - Music Composed and Conducted by
    
    Wilfred Burns
  - Music Performed by
    
    The Tailormaids
  Sound:
  - Sound Recordist
    
    Tasto, C.
  - Boom Operator
    
    Eric Cass (uncredited)
  - Sound Camera Operator
    
    S. Clarke (uncredited)
  - Sound System
    
    RCA Sound System