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Overview

User Rating:
6.8/10   371 votes
Director:
Vincente Minnelli
Writers:
William Douglas-Home (play)
William Douglas-Home (screenplay)
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Release Date:
9 March 1959 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Comedy | Romance more
Plot:
Jimmy and Sheila Broadbent (Rex Harrison and Kay Kendall), welcome to London Jimmy's 17-year-old daughter... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 nominations more
User Comments:
Can you imagine an intelligent American in a film set in Britain? more

Cast

 (Credited cast)

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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mamá nos complica la vida (Mexico) (cable TV title) (Spain) [es]
Äiti tietää rakkaudesta (Finland) [fi]
A Estreante Endiabrada (Portugal) [pt]
Come sposare una figlia (Italy) [it]
Hvad ved mor om kærlighed? (Denmark) [da]
Qu'est-ce que maman comprend à l'amour? (France) [fr]
Vad vet mamma om kärlek? (Sweden) [sv]
Was weiß Mama von Liebe? (West Germany) [de]
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Runtime:
94 min | 96 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #19004)
Filming Locations:
Paris, France
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
For years John Saxon said he had been bothered by something about Sandra Dee during filming that he just couldn't put his finger on. Decades later he figured out what it was - because she'd lied about her age, she was only 14 years old. more
Quotes:
Sheila Broadbent: What! David Fenner? Let me speak to him again. David, this is Sheila. About your mother, darling...
David Fenner: Well, I'm afraid she's dead, actually.
Sheila Broadbent: Yes, I know, darling, that's why I'm so sorry about asking you to give her my love.
David Fenner: I'm afraid I can't, because she's dead.
Sheila Broadbent: I know, darling, that's why I'm so sorry. It was such a silly mistake to make.
David Fenner: Well, she couldn't help it, actually.
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Movie Connections:
Remade as What a Girl Wants (2003) more

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7 out of 8 people found the following comment useful:-
Can you imagine an intelligent American in a film set in Britain?, 5 March 1999
10/10
Author: Dick-42 (rhunter51@cox.net) from Springfield, VA

A very amusing film, often hilarious, and unusually intelligent in every respect. Lansbury is a gem in an essentially despicable role. Harrison and Kendall are great, and other performances match.

Sandra Dee is adorable in an extremely unusual role for a British film, or one set in Britain. She portrays an INTELLIGENT American, or child of British parents who has spent time in the U.S. She commits no faux pas against British customs, does not denounce the nation or its people, does not claim that everything in America is better than anything in the U.K., and in general acts as an intelligent, decent, lovable person. Such roles, as portrayed by Mickey Rooney and nearly all others are an insult to American intelligence, and this picture deserves top ratings for this characterization, even if it didn't for its general overall entertainment value.

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