"A sportive look at the fertility rites (and wrongs) of Western society."

1968

1h 32m

5.7(13 votes)

Comedy

Romance

Overview

Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?

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Cast & Crew

21 members

Acting

Deborah Kerr

Prudence Hardcastle

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David Niven

Gerald Hardcastle

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Robert Coote

Henry Hardcastle

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Irina Demick

Elizabeth Brett

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Joyce Redman

Grace Hardcastle

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Judy Geeson

Geraldine Hardcastle

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Keith Michell

Dr. Alan Huart

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Edith Evans

Roberta Bates

Sound

David Dundas

Tony Bates

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Vickery Turner

Rose

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Hugh Armstrong

Ted

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Peter Butterworth

Chemist

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Moyra Fraser

Woman in Tea Shop

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Annette Kerr

Gerald's Secretary

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Harry Towb

Racetrack Official

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Jonathan Lynn

Chemist's Assistant

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Ivor Dean

City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)

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Arthur Hewlett

Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)

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Michael Hordern

Dr. Morley (uncredited)

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John Tatham

Man Sitting in Grandstand at the Races (uncredited)

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Joseph Tregonino

Waiter (uncredited)

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