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Ticket to Paradise | |
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Directed by | Francis Searle |
Written by | Max Kester Brock Williams |
Produced by | Charles Leeds Francis Searle |
Starring | Emrys Jones Patricia Dainton Vanda Hudson |
Cinematography | Ken Hodges |
Edited by | Jim Connock |
Music by | William Davies |
Production company | Bayford |
Distributed by | Eros Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Ticket to Paradise is a 1961 British second feature romance film directed by Francis Searle and starring Emrys Jones, Patricia Dainton and Vanda Hudson. [1]
Jack Watson, a clerk in a travel agency, is given a holiday to the fictitious Italian fishing village of Palmos. There he meets Mary Rillston, and romance blossoms. However, each mistakenly believes the other is wealthy, and the romance falters. Back in England, they meet again by chance, and love prevails.
The film was shot at Walton Studios with sets designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. [1]
Monthly Film Bulletin said "Embarrassingly cosy and well-worn comedy-romance, with a song number calling itself 'Dolce Mio' thrown in." [2]
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