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One Wild Oat (1951)

One Wild Oat poster
Directed by
Charles Saunders, Jack Buchanan
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 17m
Rated
U
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man's past indiscretion comes back to haunt him when a woman from his history reappears. He tries to keep the situation from his wife and friends, leading to a series of comedic misunderstandings.

lightheartedplayfulbriskwhimsicalwittyfarce-likecheerfulsilly

What happens

One Wild Oat is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Stanley Holloway, Robertson Hare and Sam Costa with pre-stardom appearances by Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore as extras. The screenplay was by Vernon Sylvaine and Lawrence Huntington based on Sylvaine's 1948 play of the same title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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