Passeport pour Pimlico (1949)
Peu après la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, les habitants de Pimlico, quartier du centre de Londres, découvrent, après l'explosion tardive d'une bombe larguée par l'aviation allemande, un parchemin démontrant que leur quartier est en droit une dépendance du duché de Bourgogne, qui avait perdu son indépendance depuis 1482. Après l'arrivée d'un homme s'affirmant duc de Bourgogne, et venu revendiquer ses droits, les habitants proclament leur indépendance par rapport au Royaume-Uni, devenant ainsi une micro-nation. Dans le but de reprendre le contrôle de la situation et de retirer cette « épine » fichée au cœur même de la capitale, le gouvernement britannique interrompt la fourniture de tous les services assurés dans le quartier et instaure un contrôle frontalier. Les « Bourguignons » organisent la résistance...
Directeur:
Henry Cornelius
écrivain:
T. E. B. Clarke
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Stanley Holloway as Arthur Pemberton |
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Hermione Baddeley as Edie Randall |
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Margaret Rutherford as Professor Hatton-Jones |
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Paul Dupuis as Duke of Burgundy |
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Raymond Huntley as Mr. Wix |
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John Slater as Frank Huggins |
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Jane Hylton as Molly |
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Betty Warren as Connie Pemberton |
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Barbara Murray as Shirley Pemberton |
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Sydney Tafler as Fred Cowan |
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Frederick Piper as Garland |
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Philip Stainton as P.C. Spiller |
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Charles Hawtrey as Bert Fitch |
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Basil Radford as Gregg |
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Naunton Wayne as Straker |
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Roy Carr as Benny Spiller |
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Nancy Gabrielle as Mrs. Cowan |
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Malcolm Knight as Monty Cowan |
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Roy Gladdish as Charlie Randall |
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Stuart Lindsell as Coroner |
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Gilbert Davis as Bagshawe |
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Michael Hordern as Bashford |
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Arthur Howard as Bassett |
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Bill Shine as Captain Willow |
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Harry Locke as Sergeant |
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Sam Kydd as Sapper |
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Joey Carr as Dave Parsons |
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Lloyd Pearson as Fawcett |
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Arthur Denton as Customs Official |
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Tommy Godfrey as Bus Conductor |
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James Hayter as Commissionaire |
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Masoni as Conjurer |
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Fred Griffiths as Spiv |
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Grace Arnold as Pompous Woman |
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Paul Demel as Central European |
| Directing | Henry Cornelius | Director |
| Production | Michael Balcon | Producer |
| Writing | T. E. B. Clarke | Screenplay |
| Production | E. V. H. Emmett | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound |
| Art | Roy Oxley | Art Direction |
| Directing | Gordon Scott | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Cecil Cooney | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Arthur Bradburn | Sound Recordist |
| Editing | Michael Truman | Editor |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Production | Ralph D. Hogg | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Jean Graham | Continuity |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
