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A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.
Edgar K. Bruce
- McKellar
- (as Edgar Bruce)
Quinton McPherson
- Baillie Callender
- (as Quinton Macpherson)
- Directors
- Writers
- Bruno Frank
- James Bridie(Anglo-Scottish version)
- Ian Dalrymple
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Did you know
- TriviaYoung Scots guy with a Glaswegian accent, who is Sir Rex Harrison's caddy, is a young Scottish actor called Jack Short (he didn't get a credit).
- GoofsDuring a break in the trail when Victoria told her father that she is not married, Provost Gow exclaims that she committed perjury, and this is apparently his motive to drop the case. However, Victoria did not commit perjury. Although she made the marriage claim within the courtroom, she was not in the witness box and was not under oath, having not been sworn in by the court clerk.
- Quotes
Frank Burdon: The people of these islands are the most long-suffering in the world - they'll put up anything: they'll pull in their belts if they think it's their duty, they'll even go to the ends of the earth to be blown to bits if necessary. But there's two things they won't put up with - bullying and cruelty.
- Crazy creditsIn keeping with the Scottish setting, the opening credits are shown on various Scottish plaids.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Vivien Leigh: Scarlett and Beyond (1990)
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delightful British comedy
Vivien Leigh, Rex Harrison, Cecil Parker, and Sara Allgood star in "Storm in a Teacup." Parker plays Gow, an arrogant Scotsman running for public office. As he is being interviewed by reporter Frank Burdon(Harrison), he is approached by a local woman (Allgood) who is near hysterics about her dog being put down because she hasn't paid the license. While talking on one side of his mouth stating that he is for the people, Gow roundly throws her out. Affronted, Burdon turns the incident into something akin to what Watergate was in the '70s. Leigh plays his daughter, who just happens to have fallen in love with Burdon.
Excellent acting sparks this fast-moving comedy - in a run of the mill ingénue role, the beautiful Leigh sparkles, and a very young Harrison does a marvelous job as a determined reporter. Parker plays a pompous man with guts beautifully, and Allgood in her usual role as a low-class woman, is great. Kudos to Patsy the dog, who is the storm in the teacup.
Really worth seeing for the very young Leigh and Harrison.
Excellent acting sparks this fast-moving comedy - in a run of the mill ingénue role, the beautiful Leigh sparkles, and a very young Harrison does a marvelous job as a determined reporter. Parker plays a pompous man with guts beautifully, and Allgood in her usual role as a low-class woman, is great. Kudos to Patsy the dog, who is the storm in the teacup.
Really worth seeing for the very young Leigh and Harrison.
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- Runtime1 hour 27 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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