Prudence and the Pill (1968)
1h 32m
Running Time
May 23, 1968Release Date
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
1h 32m
Running Time
May 23, 1968Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?
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Cast & Crew.
Deborah Kerr
Prudence Hardcastle
David Niven
Gerald Hardcastle
Robert Coote
Henry Hardcastle
Irina Demick
Elizabeth Brett
Joyce Redman
Grace Hardcastle
Fielder Cook
Director
Judy Geeson
Geraldine Hardcastle
Ronald Neame
Director
Keith Michell
Dr. Alan Huart
Hugh Mills
Writer
Edith Evans
Roberta Bates
Kenneth Harper
Producer
David Dundas
Tony Bates
Vickery Turner
Rose
Ronald J. Kahn
Producer
Hugh Armstrong
Ted
Bernard Ebbinghouse
Composer
Peter Butterworth
Chemist
Moyra Fraser
Woman in Tea Shop
Annette Kerr
Gerald's Secretary
Harry Towb
Racetrack Official
Jonathan Lynn
Chemist's Assistant
Roy Beck
Hospital Visitor (uncredited)
Ivor Dean
City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)
Arthur Hewlett
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Michael Hordern
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
John Tatham
Man Sitting in Grandstand at the Races (uncredited)
Joseph Tregonino
Waiter (uncredited)
Ted Moore
Director of Photography
Julie Harris
Costume Design
Wilfred Shingleton
Production Design
Norman Savage
Editor
Details.
Release DateMay 23, 1968
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 32m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Wiki.
Prudence and the Pill is a 1968 British comedy film made by Twentieth Century-Fox. It was directed by Fielder Cook and Ronald Neame and produced by Kenneth Harper and Ronald J. Kahn from a screenplay by Hugh Mills, based on his 1965 novel. The music score was by Bernard Ebbinghouse and the cinematography by Ted Moore.
The film stars Deborah Kerr and David Niven with Robert Coote, Irina Demick, Joyce Redman, Judy Geeson, Keith Michell, Michael Hordern and Edith Evans.
Hayley Mills was originally announced for the part eventually filled by Geeson. Mills had previously co-starred with Kerr and Evans in The Chalk Garden (1964), which was also directed by Neame.