The Reluctant Debutante

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The Reluctant Debutante

"MGM presents the Comedy-Romance in luscious COLOR!"

1958

1h 34m

6.8(38 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

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Cast & Crew

19 members

Acting

Rex Harrison

Jimmy Broadbent

Acting

Kay Kendall

Sheila Broadbent

Acting

John Saxon

David Parkson

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Sandra Dee

Jane Broadbent

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Angela Lansbury

Mabel Claremont

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Peter Myers

David Fenner

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Diane Clare

Clarissa Claremont

Acting

Sheila Raynor

Broadbents' Maid (uncredited)

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Ambrosine Phillpotts

Miss Grey (uncredited)

Acting

Henri Guégan

Man at the Airport (uncredited)

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René Aranda

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

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Georges Billy

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

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Jean-Paul Blonday

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

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Pierre Vaudier

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

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Charles Cullum

English Colonel (uncredited)

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Roger LaVern

Soldier on Guard (uncredited)

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Charles Herbert

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Crew

Carl Jablonski

Dancer (uncredited)

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Michel Thomas

Quaglino Diner (uncredited)

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