Josephine and Men

Josephine and Men (1955)

The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...

Date of release
1955-11-09
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (5)
Runtime
1h 38m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Roy Boulting

Casting

Interesting facts

Josephine and Men is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Glynis Johns, Jack Buchanan, Donald Sinden and Peter Finch. It was written by Nigel Balchin, Frank Harvey and Boulting. Produced by the Boulting Brothers it was shot at Shepperton Studios and distributed by British Lion Films.

Production

The film was based on a story by Nigel Balchin, 'Among Friends', which appeared in the 1954 collection Last Recollections of My Uncle Charles. Balchin had previously used the basic plot of this story - a married couple who provide a safe haven for a man on the run, who is an old flame of the wife - in a stage play, Carted Stag.

Balchin's biographer called the resulting script "an uneasy blend of farce and psychological case study."

Finch's casting was announced in December 1954. Filming took place in early 1955. Finch turned up to filming while drunk one day, causing his scenes to be rescheduled; Roy Boulting fined him £500 and Finch accepted this without complaint.

The movie was a key early appearance by John Le Mesurier who was subsequently put under contract by the Boulting Brothers.

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