Cardboard Cavalier

1949
1h 36m

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In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped by Nell Gwynn, he succeeds after encounters with a castle ghost and custard pies.

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5.9/10

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Trivia
Mary Clare and Margaret Lockwood appeared together in The Lady Vanishes (1938).

Goofs
Nell Gwynne was born in 1650 and Oliver Cromwell died in 1658, so she would have been a child during the period the film is set, not the adult she is portrayed as.

Soundtracks
Ching-A-Ring-A-Rinkum
(uncredited)
Traditional
Arranged by Arthur Young

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8/10

Very funny, I wish I'd seen this long ago.

This is funny, clean, and although only B/W, one of the best movies I've seen.

The main character, Sid Field plays "Sidcup Buttermeadow", who honestly couldn't find his behind with both hands. He accidentally overthrows Cromwell and his nasty cronies.

If you like the Princess Bride, and don't need gratuitous sex and violence, then see if you can find it or persuade your local TV station to.

Now if only I could find where to buy a copy on VHS/PAL...