A Yank in Ermine | |
Director: | Gordon Parry |
Producer: | Francis Searle William J. Gell |
Based On: | Solid! Said the Earl by John Paddy Carstairs |
Starring: | Peter Thompson Diana Decker Jon Pertwee Edward Chapman |
Music: | Stanley Black |
Cinematography: | Arthur Grant |
Editing: | Lito Carruthers |
Studio: | William Gell Productions |
Distributor: | Monarch Film Corporation |
Runtime: | 85 minutes |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
A Yank in Ermine is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James.[1] It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs from his own novel Solid! Said the Earl.[2] It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios and on location around Turville in Buckinghamshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ray Simm. The film includes the song "Honey, You Can't Love Two", sung by Decker and written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle.[3] [4]
An American airman (Thompson) inherits from a distant cousin the title of Earl and a house and estate in an English village. Although he is initially reluctant, his fiancé (Decker) encourages him to accept it, after she hears how much the estate is worth. When he arrives in England with his two buddies (Pertwee and Lloyd Jr.), he falls for the daughter (Middleton) of the owner of the neighbouring estate - but she is also engaged to be married.
In the Radio Times, David Parkinson wrote "What few bright moments there are come from the late Jon Pertwee, who, fittingly, made his film debut in A Yank at Oxford, and Harold Lloyd Jr, the son of the silent screen legend."[5]