Ladies Who Do

"Ladies who do are much more fun than ladies who don't"

1963 1h 25m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 14

Comedy

Synopsis

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The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.

“Ladies who do are much more fun than ladies who don't”

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Cast

Peggy Mount
Mrs. Cragg
Robert Morley
The Colonel
Harry H. Corbett
James Ryder
Miriam Karlin
Mrs. Higgins
Avril Elgar
Emily Parish
Dandy Nichols
Mrs. Merryweather
Jon Pertwee
Sidney Tait
Joan Benham
Miss Pinsent

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: C.M. Pennington-Richards
Writers: Michael Pertwee
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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63 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards, shot by Geoffrey Faithfull. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Ron Goodwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Peggy Mount and Robert Morley and Harry H. Corbett carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Ladies who do are much more fun than ladies who don't".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0057241 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

C.M. Pennington-Richards directs. Geoffrey Faithfull behind the camera. Ron Goodwin scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
263 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards, shot by Geoffrey Faithfull. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Ron Goodwin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Peggy Mount and Robert Morley and Harry H. Corbett carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Ladies who do are much more fun than ladies who don't".
7IMDB entry: tt0057241 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 14 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Geoffrey Faithfull
Original score: Ron Goodwin
Runtime: 85 min · 1h 25m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Ladies Who Do (1963)

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Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2022-11-11
★ 7/10
You can tell from the first few bars of the theme tune that Ron Goodwin has been brought on board to score this, and together with George H. Brown (think Margaret Rutherford's "Miss Marple" series) sets us up for a jolly hour and a half. A cleaning lady (Peggy Mount) stumbles upon some sensitive commercial information which she innocently passes to "The Colonel" (Robert Morley) who buys some shares and makes a killing. They discover that what better a way to capitalise on their windfall than by getting a few other ladies who also clean up carelessly discarded paperwork together, and with a bit of discerning analysis, they are soon wheeling and dealing like experts so they can save their local street from demolition. It's a charming, comedic little story that works really well for about an hour; thereafter it drops off rather - too much script - and the women seem to end up as unscrupulous as those they are trying to protect their community from. Morley and Mount are great though.

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