Always a Bride (1953 film)

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Always a Bride
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Directed by Ralph Smart
Written byPeter Jones
Ralph Smart
Produced byRobert Garrett
George Pitcher
Earl St. John
Starring Peggy Cummins
Terence Morgan
Ronald Squire
James Hayter
CinematographyJames Bawden
C. M. Pennington-Richards
Edited by Alfred Roome
Music by Benjamin Frankel
Production
company
Clarion Films
Distributed by General Film Distributors
Release date
12 August 1953
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

Always a Bride is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan and Ronald Squire. [1] The film's sets were designed by Maurice Carter.

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Plot

A British father and daughter work a confidence trick up and down the luxury hotels of the French Riviera by posing as a newly married couple. Trouble begins, however, when the daughter falls in love with a tax investigator.

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References

  1. Mayer p.84

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