Peggy Mount

Robert Morley

Harry H. Corbett

Miriam Karlin

Avril Elgar

Dandy Nichols

Jon Pertwee

Joan Benham

Ron Moody

Cardew Robinson

Nigel Davenport

Arthur Howard

Ernest Clark

Tristram Jellinek

John Laurie

Graham Stark

Brian Rawlinson

Harry Fowler

Bruce Wightman

Margaret Boyd

Arthur Mullard

Ed Devereaux

Marianne Stone

Raymond Smith

Carol White

Barbara Mitchell

George H. Brown

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Michael Pertwee

Geoffrey Faithfull

Ron Goodwin

Comedy

Ladies Who Do

Bryanston Films

Fanfare Films

United Kingdom

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You can tell from the first few bars of the theme tune that Ron Goodwin has been brought on board to score this, and together with George H. Brown (think Margaret Rutherford's "Miss Marple" series) sets us up for a jolly hour and a half. A cleaning lady (Peggy Mount) stumbles upon some sensitive commercial information which she innocently passes to "The Colonel" (Robert Morley) who buys some shares and makes a killing. They discover that what better a way to capitalise on their windfall than by getting a few other ladies who also clean up carelessly discarded paperwork together, and with a bit of discerning analysis, they are soon wheeling and dealing like experts so they can save their local street from demolition. It's a charming, comedic little story that works really well for about an hour; thereafter it drops off rather - too much script - and the women seem to end up as unscrupulous as those they are trying to protect their community from. Morley and Mount are great though.

English