Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959 British Comedy Film

Director: Roy Boulting & Jeffrey Dell

Writer: Roy Boulting & Jeffrey Dell

Cinematography: Mutz Greenbaum

Running time: 86 minutes

Country: United Kingdom

Cast:

Terry-Thomas as Cadogen De Vere Carlton-Browne

Peter Sellers as Prime Minister Amphibulos

Luciana Paluzzi as Princess Ilyena

Ian Bannen as the young king

Thorley Walters as Colonel Bellingham

Raymond Huntley as the Foreign Office Minister

Miles Malleson as Resident Advisor Davidson

John Le Mesurier as the Grand Duke

Marie Lohr as Lady Carlton-Browne

Kynaston Reeves as Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne

Ronald Adam as Sir John Farthing

John Van Eyssen as Hewitt

Nicholas Parsons as Rodgers

Irene Handl as Mrs. Carter

Harry Locke as Gaillardian commentator

Basil Dignam as Security Officer

Sam Kydd as Signaller

Robert Bruce as Major Miller

John Glyn-Jones as Newsreel Interviewer

Marianne Stone as Woman In Cinema

Kathryn Keeton as Dancer

Margaret Lacey as Onlooker

Plot

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.

Awards: None

Trivia

The tune played by the marching band during the welcoming parade was used extensively in the classic BBC radio comedy, The Goon Show, which also starred Peter Sellers. 

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