Charles Pastry
Richard Hearne
Charles Pastry
Overview
Mr Pastry's social climbing daughter, president of a society for the rehabilitation for ex-convicts, hides the fact that her father is himself a prisoner. When he is released and arrives at her home, she panics and locks him in the attic until a job can be found for him, preferably abroad!
Cast
Lady Florence
Ellen Pollock
Lady Florence
Edgar
Richard Wattis
Edgar
Humphrey
Robert Moreton
Humphrey
Sir John
Frederick Leister
Sir John
Kane
Peter Sinclair
Kane
Simon
John Downing
Simon
Penelope
Anne Smith
Penelope
Morgan
Darcy Conyers
Morgan
Guest
Yvonne Hearne
Guest
Cook
Peggy Ann Clifford
Cook
Prison Governor
Arthur Hewlett
Prison Governor
Reviews
CinemaSerf
There is something almost "Mr. Chips" about Richard Hearne's performance as "Charles Pastry" in this episodic comedy about a convict released, after a very long stretch, into the rather unwelcoming arms of his well-to-do daughter "Florence" (Ellen Pollock). She arranges to accommodate him, but that means being locked in an attic room until she can find somewhere obscure to put him. He is a mischievous old soul, and is soon causing domestic mayhem in her normally well-ordered house. The humour is gentle, if predictable, and it's quite an interesting observation on family and snobbery amiably helped along by the reliable Richard Wattis.
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