Brandy for the Parson (1952)

Brandy for the Parson: Directed by John Eldridge. With James Donald, Kenneth More, Jean Lodge, Frederick Piper. A young couple get involved with a smuggler.

“The first of three aggressively light-hearted comedies attractively shot on location (this time itu0026#39;s the fictitious village of Brampton on the Kent coast) directed for Group Three by former documentarist John Eldridge before he died at the age of just 43.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eYet another British film of the period when postwar shortages invested smuggling with – as a judge dryly puts it – a u0026quot;spurious aura of adventure and romanceu0026quot;. The smuggler this time is a dashing young Kenneth More. But the most fascinating performance comes from Jean Lodge, obviously actually rather haughty and high maintenance, but working very hard at being a jaunty good sport in the sort of role Dinah Sheridan usually played.”