Curtain Up
12/03/1952
1h 21m



In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Cast


Robert Morley
W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker


Margaret Rutherford
Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire


Kay Kendall
Sandra Beverley


Michael Medwin
Jerry Winterton


Liam Gaffney
Norwood Beverley


Olive Sloane
Maud Baron


Lloyd Lamble
Jackson


Charlotte Mitchell
Daphne Ray
Charles Lamb
George
Constance Lorne
Sarah Stebbins
Maggie Hanley
Mary


Stringer Davis
Vicar


Joan Hickson
Harry's Landlady
John Cazabon
Mr Stebbins


Diana Calderwood
Set Painter


Joan Rice
Avis


Sam Kydd
Ambulanceman
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