About
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
Director
Producer
Music
Studio
Gainsborough Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Full credits →M
Margaret Lockwood
Nina
V
Vic Oliver
Sascha
P
Peter Graves
Peter Pyke
R
Roland Culver
Ferdinand
J
Jean Simmons
Heidi
E
Eliot Makeham
Dumka
I
Iris Lang
Tania
G
George Relph
Otto
M
Max Bacon
Jacobus
G
Gibb McLaughlin
Marcel
I
Irene Handl
Miss Haddock
H
Henry Hewitt
Announcer
A
Alan Keith
Raphael
F
Frank Cellier
Pyke
J
John Salew
G
George Merritt
J
Jonathan Field
H
Harry Fowler
Bellboy (uncredited)
C
Charles Paton
(uncredited)
V
Victor Rietti
Maître d (uncredited)
