The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 motion picture directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Sally Ann Howes and Cecil Parker. The film was based on the 1902 comedy by J. M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton. Kenneth More stars as Crichton, the highly efficient butler for a family of upper class British aristocrats. Though More is true master of the household, he knows his place, honouring the tightly regulated social structure of turn-of-the-century England. After the family, and its servants, are shipwrecked and marooned on a desert island, only Crichton has the skill and resourcefulness to keep everyone alive. Once a few months has passed, the social order has been reversed: Crichton takes control affectionately known as ‘’Guv’’, while his former employers, including a masterful performance by Cecil Parker as Lord Loam are his willing and eager servants. Lady Mary Sally Ann Howes, assuming that she will never be able to return to her proper fiancé, falls in love with Crichton... full article at wikipedia