Hazel Terry

섬세하지만 바보스러운 독신남자 토니는 새로 살 집에 하인 배럿을 고용한다. 배럿은 조용하고 차분한 성격에다 군대에서 무서운 교관으로 통했으며 하인 경력도 있던 인물로 싹싹하진 않지만 일을 즐기는 면모로 주인인 토니를 흡족케 한다. 하지만 토니와 결혼을 약속한 사이인 수잔은 노골적으로 배럿에게 적대감을 드러낸다. 그리고 배럿은 자기 여동생 베라를 집으로 들이는데 배럿이 집을 비운 사이, 토니는 베라의 유혹에 넘어가 그녀에게 완전히 빠져버린다. 어느 날, 오랜만에 토니는 수잔과 데이트를 하고 귀가하다가 자기 방에 불이 켜져 있는 것을 발견하고 다급히 집으로 들어가는데..

Two business partners are having woman trouble. One wants to marry his secretary and the other is set to marry a wealthy aristocrat. When the partner who wants to marry his secretary lets her go before he proposes to her, the woman confused woman tries to commit suicide by jumping into a river. Complications ensue.

Trouble is brewing in the banana republic of Bianco for both His Excellency, El Presidente, and the British Consul, Brant. Rebels, led by Diego De Costa, the trusted "Minister of the Marines and the Customs" and Lieutenant Enricquo, the gunnery officer of the small republic's one battleship, have taken over the battleship, and the town. Most of the British citizens have taken refuge at the Consulate or have been evacuated to the small cruiser in Bianco's port, the "H. M. S. Audacious." But there are two major issues; the Consul's daughter, Pamela, and Canadian Lieutenant Bill Armstrong have been kidnapped by the rebels and now held hostage on the battleship "El Mirante," and El Presidente was visiting the consulate when the war broke out and is now under the protective custody of the British Empire.

This long-lost British comedy features a wealthy heiress rescued from the clutches of a scheming foreigner by a pair of bumbling market traders. But the plot plays second fiddle to the comedic performances of stalwarts Wally Patch (one of Britain’s most prolific character actors) and the much-loved Margaret Rutherford. Patch and Vedey make a dynamic double-act whose clowning keeps the film zipping along, while Rutherford’s imperious proclamations on etiquette are priceless. Irene Handl adds some ooh-la-la to the role of a French maid, and director Carstairs ably keeps them all under control.

The film hinges on the love triangle between a young aristocratic lady on the run (Cleonie, played by Hazel Terry), the murderous Varennes, Citizen-Deputy of the Revolution who saves her by disguising her as his nephew (Nils Asther) and finally the Marquis of Corbal of the film's title, played by Hugh Sinclair.