The orderly suburban life of a 1950’s English town is turned on its head when 17-year-old Jo Halliday (Julia Lockwood) writes a steamy bestseller called Naked Revolt, featuring characters obviously based on the local population.
In Jo’s book, her accountant father (Ted Ray) becomes an embezzler and a sugar daddy to his secretary (Dilys Laye), her mother (Jean Kent) is having an affair with a retired military officer who is a family friend (Lionel Jeffries) and her lovelorn aunt (June Jago) is pining for her employer, a doctor who carries on with all his women patients (Leslie Phillips).
Produced by Peter Rogers and directed by Gerald Thomas, the legendary duo responsible for the Carry On series, Please Turn Over also featured familiar comedic actors Colin Gordon, Charles Hawtrey, Ronald Adam and Joan Hickson.
Joan Sims (pictured above) is a riot as the working class cleaner who becomes a French maid in the book.
Edward Halliday
Ted Ray Janet Halliday
Jean Kent Dr Henry Manners
Leslie Phillips Beryl
Joan Sims Jo Halliday
Julia Lockwood Robert Hughes
Tim Seely Jeweller
Charles Hawtrey Millicent Jones
Dilys Laye Ian Howard
Lionel Jeffries Gladys Worth
June Jago Maurice
Colin Gordon Saleswoman
Joan Hickson Manager
Victor Maddern Mr Appleton
Ronald Adam Mr Jones
Cyril Chamberlain Mrs Moore
Myrtle Reed Mrs Waring
Marianne Stone
Director
Gerald Thomas
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