Comedy

Please Turn Over

Beaconsfield Productions

United Kingdom

English

Ted Ray

Jean Kent

Leslie Phillips

Joan Sims

Julia Lockwood

Tim Seely

Dilys Laye

Lionel Jeffries

June Jago

Colin Gordon

Joan Hickson

Victor Maddern

Ronald Adam

Cyril Chamberlain

Charles Hawtrey

Myrtle Reed

Marianne Stone

Leigh Madison

Anthony Sagar

George Street

Ursula Hirst

Lucy Griffiths

Beryl Hardy

Noel Dyson

Paul Cole

Celia Hewitt

George Howell

Patrick Durkin

Muriel Greenslade

Anthony Lang

Lee Patterson

Martin Stephens

Reg Thomason

Basil Thomas

Gerald Thomas

Norman Hudis

Bruce Montgomery

John Shirley

Edward Scaife

Peter Rogers

Naked Revolt!

Please Turn Over is one of those films outside of the Carry On franchise, but one that still "bares" the early hallmarks of that series. Brought to the screen by Peter Rogers and Norman Hudis, it's adapted from the Basil Thomas play, "Book of the Month" and stars Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Julia Lockwood, Leslie Phillips and Lionel Jeffries. Plot finds Lockwood as a teenaged writer who upturns the lives of the local residents when she has a steamy novel published. The kicker being that the characters in her book appear to be based on them! Suddenly everyone is viewing everyone else in a different light.

A sort of comedic take on Peyton Place, it's a film that meets the expectations of those who are familiar with the cast and production team. Without being smutty or bawdy, it's more a gentle farce with some seamy undercurrents. The fun is mostly mined by the alternative world created by Lockwood when the townsfolk turn into adulterers and egotists. Rogers fills out the cast with performers he would come to rely on, where the likes of Joan Sims and Dilys Laye steal scenes, while Ray and Phillips turn in jolly good shows. Nice crisp B&W photography by Ted Scaife as well.

Not essential but a pleasant enough experience with a glass of Port on a Sunday afternoon. 6/10

Please Turn Over (1959) Original Trailer [FHD]

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Ted Ray

Jean Kent

Leslie Phillips

Joan Sims

Julia Lockwood

Tim Seely

Dilys Laye

Lionel Jeffries

June Jago

Colin Gordon

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