Lock Up Your Daughters (1969)

Directed by

Peter Coe

Genre

comedy film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

R

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 18th century London, a corrupt politician schemes to have a man wrongfully arrested for attempted rape of his daughter. The plan backfires as the city's colorful characters get caught up in a series of comic misunderstandings.

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What happens

Lock Up Your Daughters! is a 1969 British comedy film directed by Peter Coe and starring Christopher Plummer, Susannah York and Glynis Johns. It is an adaptation of the 1959 stage musical of the same name set in 18th-century Britain, which in turn is based on the 1730 comedy, Rape upon Rape, by Henry Fielding It lacks all the songs from the original stage production. It was one of a number of British costume films released in the wake of the success of the Tom Jones (1963). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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