When an aristocratic family hits hard times, they encourage their son Tony (Tommy Steele) to marry a Ruritarian princess (June Laverick) to get them out of trouble. Unfortunately, he has already married without telling them and turns to Cockney lookalike Tommy Hudson (also Tommy Steele) for help.
The “trading places” plot is one of the venerable old chestnuts of drama and the jerry-built sets and fifth-rate pop songs that adorn this tosh considerably scuff the sheen.
Gerald Thomas and Peter Rogers eventually made “cheapskate” part of the Carry On appeal, but here it simply seems tatty.
Tony Whitecliffe/Tommy Hudson
Tommy Steele Princess Maria
June Laverick Cooper
Michael Medwin Bastini
Eric Pohlmann King of Ritallia
Alan Wheatley Queen
Mary Kerridge Duchess
Ambrosine Philpotts Lord Whitecliffe
Clive Morton Lady Marguerite
Noel Hood Bartolomeo
Elwyn Brook-Jones
Director Gerald Thomas
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When an aristocratic family hits hard times, they encourage their son Tony (Tommy Steele) to marry a Ruritarian princess (June Laverick) to get them out of trouble. Unfortunately, he has already married without telling them and turns to Cockney lookalike Tommy Hudson (also Tommy Steele) for help.
