Folly to Be Wise (1953)

7.2	Listal rating
6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Frank Launder

Starring (View all)

Alastair Sim

Capt. William Paris

Elizabeth Allan

Angela Prout

Roland Culver

George Prout

Colin Gordon

Prof. James Mutch

Martita Hunt

Lady Dodds

Janet Brown

Jessie Killegrew

Peter Martyn

Walter

Miles Malleson

Dr. Hector McAdam

Written by (View all)

James Bridie

play It Depends What You Mean

John Dighton

writer

Cover art, photos and screenshots

View all Folly to Be Wise pictures

Lists

4 votes

British Comedies of the 40s, 50s and 60s (40 items)
list by madmanmunt

Published 9 months, 2 weeks ago

1 comment

View all Folly to Be Wise lists

Release date : 6 December 1953

Army Show (1), British (1), 1953 (1)

Join Listal to add your own lists, reviews, tags, pictures and videos to this Movie

Update feed

Gauntlet posted a image 4 months ago

madmanmunt added this to a list 9 months, 2 weeks ago

British Comedies of the 40s, 50s and 60s (40 movies items)

"Alastair Sim made 'Folly to Be Wise', based on a play by his friend James Bridie, one of his pet projects and Gilliat and Launder helped him bring it to the screen. While not one of the strongest of British comedies (the film is clearly just a filmed play, despite some failed attempts to make it seem more cinematic towards the end), 'Folly to Be Wise' is still an enjoyable little film thanks mainly to Sim's excellent performance as an exasperated chaplain of an army base who struggles to find a"

Folly to Be Wise (1953)

Cover art, photos and screenshots

Lists

Recommend this to a friend

Update feed