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Left, Right and Centre |
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Left, Right and Centre - 1959 | 97 mins | Comedy | B&WThe Production TeamDirector: Sidney
Gilliat. Producer: Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder. Script: Sidney Gilliat and Val Valentine. Cinematography: Gerald Gibbs. Editing: Geoffrey Foot. Production Design: Gerry Hambling. Art Direction: John Box. Sound Department: Peter Handford and Red Law. Original Music: Humphrey Searle. Music Direction: Muir Mathieson. |
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The CastIan Carmichael
- Robert Wilcot Alastair Sim - Lord Wilcot Patricia Bredin - Stella Stoker Richard Wattis - Harding-Pratt Eric Barker - Bert Glimmer Moyra Fraser - Annabel Jack Hedley - Bill Hemmingway Gordon Harker - Hardy |
Plot Synopsis A lively, romantic comedy about two opposing candidates
in a Parliamentary by-election from the Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat
production line. Bob Wilcot (Ian Carmichael) is the suave television
personality standing as prospective Conservative MP at the Earndale
by-election, not out of an ethical imperative but because his uncle,
Lord Wilcot (Alastair Sim), needs the publicity for the commercialisation
of the ancestral home. But the young Tory is smitten by his attractive
opponent, Labour candidate Stella Stoker (Patricia Bredin), after shouting
each other down at public meetings. As the election looms, the candidate’s
respective agents Glimmer (Eric Barker) and Harding-Pratt (Richard Wattis)
join forces to become obstacles on the pair’s path to true love
- together they arrange to get a couple of old flames on the scene.
Robert wins the by-election after three recounts, but quickly ascends
to the peerage, involving another by-election. Robert and Stella finally
marry. |
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