
Our Relations(1936)
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.


“MGM presents the Comedy-Romance in luscious COLOR!”
While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."

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

Sheila Raynor
Broadbents' Maid (uncredited)

Ambrosine Phillpotts
Miss Grey (uncredited)

Henri Guégan
Man at the Airport (uncredited)
The Reluctant Debutante is a comedy, romance film released in 1958 exploring themes of mistaken identity, british high society, stepparent stepchild relationship, drunkenness, debutante. Directed by Vincente Minnelli, it stars Rex Harrison, Kay Kendall, John Saxon. While visiting her father, an American teenage girl is thrown into London society during its final "Debutante Season."
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