Passport to Pimlico

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Passport to Pimlico is a 1949 British Ealing Studios comedy film in which a London neighborhood discovers an old document that technically makes it part of Burgundy, leading to a wave of humorous bureaucratic and political chaos.

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Passport to Pimlico (film) 4

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instanceOf Ealing comedy
film
awardNominatedFor Academy Award for Best Motion Picture Story
Academy Award for Best Writing, Story and Screenplay
cinematographyBy Lionel Banes
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Henry Cornelius
distributor Ealing Studios
General Film Distributors
Universal-International (United States)
editedBy Michael Truman
filmingLocation Lambeth
genre comedy film
satirical film
hasCharacter Arthur Pemberton
Duke of Burgundy
Gladys Pemberton
Professor Hatton-Jones
hasFilmFormat black-and-white
musicBy Georges Auric
narrativeTheme bureaucracy
national identity
rationing and postwar austerity
notableFor satirising postwar British bureaucracy and government controls
originalLanguage English
partOf Ealing comedies cycle
linked to: Ealing comedies
plotSummary Residents of a London district discover an ancient charter proving they are legally part of the Duchy of Burgundy, leading them to declare independence and triggering bureaucratic and political complications.
producer Michael Balcon
linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
productionCompany Ealing Studios
releaseDate 1949-04-28
releaseYear 1949
runtimeMinutes 84
screenplayBasedOn original story by T. E. B. Clarke
screenwriter T. E. B. Clarke
settingLocation London
linked to: London, England

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starredActor Basil Radford
Hermione Baddeley
Jane Hylton
John Slater
Margaret Rutherford
Naunton Wayne
Paul Dupuis
Raymond Huntley
Stanley Holloway
Sydney Tafler
timePeriodDepicted post-World War II Britain

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Michael Balcon notableWork Passport to Pimlico
subject linked to: Sir Michael Balcon
Stanley Holloway notableWork Passport to Pimlico
Margaret Rutherford notableWork Passport to Pimlico
Ealing comedies hasPart Passport to Pimlico
Ealing Studios notableWork Passport to Pimlico
Naunton Wayne notableWork Passport to Pimlico
Barbara Murray notableWork Passport to Pimlico
A Run for Your Money followedBy Passport to Pimlico
Passport to Pimlico (film score) partOf Passport to Pimlico (film)
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Passport to Pimlico (film score) basedOn Passport to Pimlico (film)
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Passport to Pimlico (film score) usedIn Passport to Pimlico (film)
linked to: Passport to Pimlico
Passport to Pimlico (film score) hasTitle Passport to Pimlico
Passport to Pimlico (film score) sharesTitleWith Passport to Pimlico (film)
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Henry Cornelius notableWork Passport to Pimlico
Henry Cornelius directorOf Passport to Pimlico