In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Robert Morley
as W.H. 'Harry' Derwent Blacker
Margaret Rutherford
as Catherine Beckwith / Jeremy St. Claire
Kay Kendall
as Sandra Beverley
Michael Medwin
as Jerry Winterton
Liam Gaffney
as Norwood Beverley
Olive Sloane
as Maud Baron
Lloyd Lamble
as Jackson
Charlotte Mitchell
as Daphne Ray
Charles Lamb
as George
Constance Lorne
as Sarah Stebbins
Maggie Hanley
as Mary
Stringer Davis
as Vicar
