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"A sportive look at the fertility rites (and wrongs) of Western society."
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?
21 Cast Members
Deborah Kerr
Prudence Hardcastle
David Niven
Gerald Hardcastle
Robert Coote
Henry Hardcastle
Irina Demick
Elizabeth Brett
Joyce Redman
Grace Hardcastle
Judy Geeson
Geraldine Hardcastle
Keith Michell
Dr. Alan Huart
Edith Evans
Roberta Bates
David Dundas
Tony Bates
Vickery Turner
Rose
Hugh Armstrong
Ted
Peter Butterworth
Chemist
Moyra Fraser
Woman in Tea Shop
Annette Kerr
Gerald's Secretary
Harry Towb
Racetrack Official
Jonathan Lynn
Chemist's Assistant
Ivor Dean
City Banker in Taxi Cab (uncredited)
Arthur Hewlett
Mr. Ferguson (uncredited)
Michael Hordern
Dr. Morley (uncredited)
John Tatham
Man Sitting in Grandstand at the Races (uncredited)
