The Pleasure Garden

People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities.

Genre : DramaComedy

Runtime : 38 mins

Release Date : 1953-10-16

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There's something quite surreal about this quirky short film from James Broughton. It's all centred around an overgrown London park where the part-time warden/undertaker "Col. Gargoyle" (John Le Mesurier) spends his entire time putting up signs telling people what to do and what not to do - all the...

Cast

Lindsay Anderson

(Michael-Angelico)

John Le Mesurier

(Col. Gargoyle)

Hattie Jacques

(Mrs. Albion)

Jill Bennett

(Miss Kellerman)

Maxine Audley

(Lady Ennui)

Hilary Mackendrick

(Miss Wheeling)

Diana Maddox

(Bess)

Jean Anderson

(Aunt Minerva)

Derek Hart

(Lord Ennui)