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High Jinks in Society (1949)

High Jinks in Society poster
Directed by
John Guillermin
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 18m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A British comedy about a group of people who get into amusing trouble at a social event. The film follows their antics as they try to avoid embarrassment and keep up appearances.

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What happens

High Jinks in Society (also known as High Jinx in Society) is a 1949 British comedy film directed, written and produced by John Guillermin and Robert Jordan Hill and starring Ben Wrigley, Barbara Shaw, Basil Appleby, Peter Gawthorne and Moore Marriott. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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