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All For Mary. Image shows from L to R: Mary (Jill Day), Clive Morton (Nigel Patrick)
All For Mary

All For Mary

  • 1955 film

Comedy about two Englishmen who fall in love with the same woman during a holiday in the Swiss alps. Stars Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson, Jill Day, David Hurst and more.

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All For Mary. Image shows from L to R: Gaston Nikopopoulos (Leo McKern), Clive Morton (Nigel Patrick), Mary (Jill Day)

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1955
Stars
Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison, David Tomlinson, Jill Day, David Hurst, Leo McKern, Nicholas Phipps, Joan Young and more
Writers
Harold Brooke, Kay Bannerman, Peter Blackmore, Paul Soskin and Alan Melville
Director
Wendy Toye
Producers
Paul Soskin and Earl St. John
Company

Having failed to hit it off on the flight from London, single holidaymakers Clive Morton and Humphrey 'Humpy' Miller arrive at the same Swiss alpine hotel, and both immediately fall for a beautiful blonde who is tearing up the slopes.

Checking in, it soon becomes apparent that the blonde is Mary, daughter of their hotel's proprietor - and already very much in the sights of an arrogant Greek, Gaston Nikopopoulos. She spends her days on the slopes, often tutoring beginners like Humphrey, and her evenings singing in the hotel's restaurant and bar.

However, no sooner have they started to try catching Mary's eye than both Clive and Humphrey come down with chicken pox, and are banished by her father to an impromptu sick bay in the building's attic! Luckily, one of his next arrivals is regular visitor Miss Cartwright, aiming for a week or two respite from her job as a nanny. She is more than happy to play nurse to the two plucky Brits, and even more so when she and 'Humpy' realise that she was once his nanny!

Additional details

UK certificate
U
Duration
79 minutes
Distributors

The Rank Organisation

Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Colour

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Monday 14th December 2020 at 6:30am on TPTV
  • Sunday 13th September 2020 at 6:55am on TPTV
  • Thursday 25th June 2020 at 7:30am on TPTV

Recording details

  • Pinewood Studios

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