Newly arrived Army chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers.Newly arrived Army chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers.Newly arrived Army chaplin Captain Paris (Alastair Sim) attempts to book various acts for the entertainment of a troop of soldiers.
- Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 1 nomination total
Chris Adcock
- Soldier in Audience
- (uncredited)
William Baskiville
- Soldier in Audience
- (uncredited)
Martin Boddey
- Visiting Brigadier
- (uncredited)
Maria Charles
- WRAC
- (uncredited)
George Cole
- Soldier in Brains Trust audience
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe title comes from Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1768). The actual lines (the last two lines of the poem) are ".... Where ignorance is bliss, /'Tis folly to be wise".
- GoofsJust before Walter gives Captain Paris a message for the Doctor, Captain Paris bangs the gavel on the table and then places the gavel next to his glasses. He then receives the message with his left hand. In the next shot he is holding his glasses with his left hand and holding the message with his right hand.
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The Intelligence Corps Field Security Police would have in a field day writing out the report of the whole proceedings of the Brians Trust set-up for the troops camp concert entertainment. Sim plays his beleagued camp padre role beautifully well, with his typist WRAC girl, persisting in asking the crucial question about marriage to its very extreme detail answer. She typed out the suitable questions for the BT, so in practice, had editorial control of the proceedings & the direction the show took.
For those that do not remember or never heard of the Brians Trust, it was a development from a WW II BBC radio programme, which had wide audience appeal.
George Cole who plays the soldier nervously offering his "vote of thanks" to the padre for his efforts in organising the show, at the end of the film, was by this time, the adopted Barnado boy son of Sim.
For some good innocent Ealing comedy of the era, then this will kill 90 mins for you.
John Locke
For those that do not remember or never heard of the Brians Trust, it was a development from a WW II BBC radio programme, which had wide audience appeal.
George Cole who plays the soldier nervously offering his "vote of thanks" to the padre for his efforts in organising the show, at the end of the film, was by this time, the adopted Barnado boy son of Sim.
For some good innocent Ealing comedy of the era, then this will kill 90 mins for you.
John Locke
- john-locke
- Apr 13, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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