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Where's Charley? (1952)

Where's Charley? poster
Directed by
David Butler
Genre
comedy film, musical film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
NR
Rating
9.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A pair of Oxford students need a chaperone for a romantic lunch. One of them pretends to be his own aunt from Brazil to help his friend. This leads to a series of comedic mix-ups.

whimsicalenergeticplayfullight-heartedfarcicallivelyromantic

What happens

Where's Charley? (also known as Charley's Aunt) is a 1952 British musical comedy film directed by David Butler and starring Ray Bolger, Allyn Ann McLerie and Robert Shackleton. It was written by John Mons Jr., adapted from the musical Where's Charley?, which was in turn based on the 1892 play Charley's Aunt by Brandon Thomas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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