"A Masterpiece of Lusty, Gusty, Rowdy Entertainment"
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
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The people behind it
Charles Laughton
Henry Horatio Hobson
John Mills
William Mossop
Brenda De Banzie
Maggie Hobson
Daphne Anderson
Alice Hobson
Prunella Scales
Vicky Hobson
Richard Wattis
Albert Prosser
Derek Blomfield
Freddy Beenstock
Helen Haye
Mrs. Hepworth
Joseph Tomelty
Jim Heeler
Julien Mitchell
Sam Minns
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