Cluny Brown (1946)
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79% of users liked it
(502 ratings)
The time is just prior to World War II. Lovely Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) is the niece of a London plumber; when her uncle is indisposed, Cluny rolls up her sleeves and takes a plumbing job at a society home, where she meets a handsome Czech author (Charles Boyer) - a refugee who has fled the… More The time is just prior to World War II. Lovely Cluny Brown (Jennifer Jones) is the niece of a London plumber; when her uncle is indisposed, Cluny rolls up her sleeves and takes a plumbing job at a society home, where she meets a handsome Czech author (Charles Boyer) - a refugee who has fled the Nazis and now resides with a snobbish and stuck-up family. Hoping to advance herself socially, Cluny accepts a position as a maid in a fancy country home, where she once more meets the Czech author, who is a house guest; they promptly fall for each other, and Cluny follows his lead by turning her nose up at stiff-necked English propriety. Cluny Brown is directed by the matchless Ernst Lubitsch. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Genres
- Romance, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- May 1, 1946 Wide
- Studio
- 20th Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
An outdated, slight, and genial satire on British manners.
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Matthew Connolly, Slant Magazine
What is the famed "Lubitsch touch" if not the quiet thrill of being in on the joke?
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Cast
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Norman Ainsley
as Mr. Tupham
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Jennifer Jones
as Cluny Brown
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Sara Allgood
as Mrs. Maile
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Charles Boyer
as Adam Belinski
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Peter Lawford
as Andrew Carmel
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Helen Walker
as Betty Cream
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Margaret Bannerman
as Lady Alice Carmel
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Florence Bates
as Dowager
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Reginald Gardiner
as Hilary Ames
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Reginald Owen
as Sir Henry Carmel
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Billy Bevan
as Uncle Arn
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Whit Bissell
as Dowager's Son
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Charles Coleman
as Constable Birkins
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Ernest Cossart
as Syrett
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Harold De Becker
as Mr. Snaffie
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Michael Dyne
as John Frewen
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Rex Evans
as Guest Pianist
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Betty Fairfax
as Woman in Chemist's Shop
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Richard Haydn
as Wilson
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George Kirby
as Latham
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Queenie Leonard
as Weller
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Mira McKinney
as Author's Wife
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Clive Morgan
as Waiter
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Philip Morris
as New York Policeman
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Ottola Nesmith
as Mrs. Tupham
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Una O'Connor
as Mrs. Wilson
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Jean Prescott
as Mrs. Snaffie
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Christopher Severn
as Master Snaffie
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C. Aubrey Smith
as Colonel Duff-Graham
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Al Winters
as Rollins
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Billy Gray
as Boy in Shop
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Brad Slaven
as English Boy on Bike
