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It’s social season in London, and amid the swirl of coming-out balls the aristocratic Broadbents (real-life marrieds Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall) are intent on giving their American-educated 17-year-old daughter Jane (Sandra Dee) the right entry into society and a proper upper-class beau.
One complication: flighty Mabel Claremont (Angela Lansbury) is eager to match that same beau with her daughter. And another: Jane, of course, has her own ideas about these matters—and an eye for a guy (John Saxon) who’s a drummer in the dance band.
Comedy is in season for The Reluctant Debutante, a rib-tickler of societal foibles and follies given spirited direction by Vincente Minnelli and featuring a full dance card of deft badinage.
Original Release
01/01/1958
US Release
01/01/1958
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Rex Harrison | Jimmy Broadbent |
Kay Kendall | Sheila Broadbent |
John Saxon | David Parkson |
Sandra Dee | Jane Broadbent |
Angela Lansbury | Mabel Claremont |
Peter Myers | David Fenner |
Diane Clare | Clarissa Claremont |
Rene Aranda | Quaglino Diner |
Georges Billy | Quaglino Diner |
Jean-Paul Blonday | Quaglino Diner |
Directors
Writers
William Douglas-Home, Julius J. Epstein
Cast
Name | Character |
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Rex Harrison | Jimmy Broadbent |
Kay Kendall | Sheila Broadbent |
John Saxon | David Parkson |
Sandra Dee | Jane Broadbent |
Angela Lansbury | Mabel Claremont |
Peter Myers | David Fenner |
Diane Clare | Clarissa Claremont |
Rene Aranda | Quaglino Diner |
Georges Billy | Quaglino Diner |
Jean-Paul Blonday | Quaglino Diner |
Charles Cullum | English Colonel |
Henri Guégan | Man at the Airport |
Carl Jablonski | Dancer |
Roger LaVern | Soldier on Guard |
Ambrosine Phillpotts | Miss Grey |
Sheila Raynor | Broadbents' Maid |
Michel Thomas | Quaglino Diner |
Pierre Vaudier | Quaglino Diner |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Pandro S. Berman | Producer |
Kathryn Hereford | Producer |