It must have been very frustrating for the cast of accomplished British comedy performers, let alone for international stars Claudia Cardinale and Mylène Demongeot, to have watched all their efforts here being frittered away by such dull leads as Michael Craig and Anne Heywood.
As newlyweds Richard and Kate Barry who are searching for the perfect servant, they are the weak link in every scene.
But with a touch of tunnel vision you can still enjoy seeing Cardinale as Maria the man-mad maid; Joan Hickson as secret tippler, Rosemary; Joan Sims as Blodwen the timid Welsh nanny; Sid James as put-upon bobby PC Edwards and Demongeot as Ingrid, a Pollyanna-like au pair.
Richard Barry
Michael Craig
Kate Barry
Anne Heywood
Ingrid Gunnar
Mylène Demongeot
Mansfield
James Robertson-Justice
Maria
Claudia Cardinale
PC Edwards
Sidney James
Rosemary
Joan Hickson
Blodwen
Joan Sims
Arthur Farringdon
Joseph Tomelty
Mrs Edith Farringdon
Nora Nicholson
Wesley Cotes
Daniel Massey
McGuffey
Austin Willis
Mrs McGuffey
Margalo Gillmore
Parson
Reginald Beckwith
Director
Ralph Thomas