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Brandy for the Parson (1952)

Brandy for the Parson poster
Directed by
John Eldridge
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 19m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men get caught up in the mishaps of smuggling alcohol. They work with a local parson and get into comedic situations.

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What happens

Brandy for the Parson is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Eldridge and starring Kenneth More, Charles Hawtrey, James Donald and Jean Lodge. It was written by Walter Meade, John Dighton and Alfred Shaughnessy based on a short story by Geoffrey Household from Tales of Adventurers (1952). The title is a reference to the refrain of the poem "A Smuggler's Song" by Rudyard Kipling. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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