Vice Versa (1947)
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Written and directed by Peter Ustinov, Vice Versa is a one-joke fantasy comedy which manages to hold up almost to the very end. Anthony Newley plays the funloving son of stuffy stockbroker Roger Livesy. Father and son come into possession of a magic stone, and place a wish upon it. The result:… More Written and directed by Peter Ustinov, Vice Versa is a one-joke fantasy comedy which manages to hold up almost to the very end. Anthony Newley plays the funloving son of stuffy stockbroker Roger Livesy. Father and son come into possession of a magic stone, and place a wish upon it. The result: Newley inherits Livesy's brain and personality, and vice versa. The best moments involve the suddenly matured Newley's besting of feet-of-clay schoolmaster James Robertson Justice. Not successful enough to spawn a cycle in 1947, Vice Versa is nonetheless an intriguing precursor of the brief spate of identity-switch comedies of the late 1980s--one of which was also titled Vice Versa. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Peter Ustinov
- Genres
- Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
At times becomes more absurd than amusing.
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Cast
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Alfie Bass
as 1st Urchin
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Timothy Bateson
as Coker
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Petula Clark
as Dulcie Grimstone
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Hugh Dempster
as Col. Ambrose
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Robert Eddison
as Mr. Blinkhorn
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John Glyn-Jones
as Bindabun Doss
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James Hayter
as Bandmaster
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Vida Hope
as 1st Nanny
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David Hutcheson
as Marmaduke Paradine
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Ernest Jay
as Boaler
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James Robertson Justice
as Dr. Grimstone
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James Kenney
as Coggs
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Roger Livesey
as Paul Bultitude
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Patricia Raine
as Alice
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Kynaston Reeves
as Dr. Chawner
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Bill Shine
as Lord Gosport
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Frank Tickle
as Clegg
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Kay Walsh
as Mrs. Verlayne
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Harcourt Williams
as Judge
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Joan Young
as Mrs. Grimstone
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Peter Jones
as Chawner
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Anthony Newley
as Dick Bultitude
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Stanley Van Beers
as Earl of Broadstairs
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Vi Kaley
as 2nd Nanny
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Andrew Blackett
as Duke of Margate
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Michael McKeag
as Jolland
