Fast and Loose (1954)
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
- Date of release
- 1954-02-12
- TMDB
- 6.6 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 15m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Gordon Parry
Casting
- Stanley Holloway — Major George Crabb
- Kay Kendall — Carol Hankin
- Brian Reece — Peter Wickham
- Joan Young — Mrs. Gullett, Inn Manageress
- Fabia Drake — Mrs. Crabb
- June Thorburn — Barbara Wickham
- Dora Bryan — Mary Rawlings, the maid
- Alexander Gauge — Claude Hankin, M.P.
- Vida Hope — Gladys
- Reginald Beckwith — Rev. Tripp-Johnson
- Toke Townley — Alfred
- Patrick Westwood — Man at Crash
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Pinewood Studios
Fast and Loose is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall and Brian Reece. It was written by Ben Travers and A.R. Rawlinson based on the 1925 play A Cuckoo in the Nest by Travers, the first of his Aldwych farces, which had previously been adapted as a 1933 film of the same title.
Production
It was one of a number of stage adaptations made by Group Film Productions around this time.
The film was shot at Pinewood Studios near London with sets designed by the art director John Howell.
Brian Reece had just appeared on stage in London in The Seven Year Itch. Filming took place in October 1953.
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