Harmless Betty Box-Ralph Thomas comedy made just before Doctor in the House which has some location filming in France but isn't in colour and doesn't quite have the stars. Rank was giving Donald Sinden a big push here he's the romantic lead of a team of men from a London pub who go to paris.
Sinden is a war vet visiting a grave and falling in love with once young now nubile Odile Versois, both of whom who are fine and can act but neither are as captivating as say Dirk and Brigitte in Doctor at Sea. Sinden has a girlfriend Joan Rice but fortunately she goes on a date and falls in love with a visiting Yank on the same day. Phew. No stakes though.
I liked Bill Owen wanting to join to foreign legion because he's embarrassed his girlfriend is too tall. There's a not bad one about a guy trying to smuggle watches.
The cast and charm isn't quite right. It's not bad, mind. Just not quite there. Sinden loved it but that's not surprising - he gets the girl, gets to be charming and moody and all that.
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