
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Cast

Margaret Lockwood
Nina

Vic Oliver
Sascha

Peter Graves
Peter Pyke

Roland Culver
Ferdinand

Jean Simmons
Heidi

Eliot Makeham
Dumka
Iris Lang
Tania

George Relph
Otto

Max Bacon
Jacobus

Gibb McLaughlin
Marcel

Irene Handl
Miss Haddock

Henry Hewitt
Announcer
Alan Keith
Raphael

Frank Cellier
Pyke

John Salew
Unknown

George Merritt
Unknown
Jonathan Field
Unknown

Harry Fowler
Bellboy (uncredited)

Charles Paton
(uncredited)

Victor Rietti
Maître d (uncredited)
Crew

Val Guest
Director, Writer
S.J. Simon
Novel
Caryl Brahms
Novel
R. E. Dearing
Editor
Phil Grindrod
Director of Photography
Edward Black
Producer
Elizabeth Haffenden
Costume Design
Len Garde
Makeup Artist
B. C. Sewell
Sound Supervisor
Bob Busby
Original Music Composer
Louis Levy
Music Director
Fred Gunn
Production Manager
Maurice Carter
Art Direction
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