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 |
| Camera | Lionel Banes | Director of Photography |
| Production | Hal Mason | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Gordon Scott | Assistant Director |
| Production | E. V. H. Emmett | Associate Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anthony Mendleson | Costume Design |
| Production | Ralph D. Hogg | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Georges Auric | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Stephen Dalby | Sound |
| Art | Roy Oxley | Art Direction |
| Sound | Ernest Irving | Conductor |
| Directing | Jean Graham | Continuity |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernest Taylor | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Cecil Cooney | Camera Operator |
| Editing | Michael Truman | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Barbara Barnard | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Arthur Bradburn | Sound Recordist |
