
Folly to Be Wise
Comedy
Overview
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Top Cast


Alastair Sim
Alastair Sim
Capt. William Paris
Alastair Sim
Capt. William Paris


Elizabeth Allan
Elizabeth Allan
Angela Prout
Elizabeth Allan
Angela Prout


Roland Culver
Roland Culver
George Prout
Roland Culver
George Prout


George Cole
George Cole
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
George Cole
Soldier in Brains Trust audience


Colin Gordon
Colin Gordon
Professor Mutch
Colin Gordon
Professor Mutch


Martita Hunt
Martita Hunt
Lady Dodd
Martita Hunt
Lady Dodd


Janet Brown
Janet Brown
Jessie
Janet Brown
Jessie


Peter Martyn
Peter Martyn
Walter
Peter Martyn
Walter


Miles Malleson
Miles Malleson
Dr. Hector McAdam
Miles Malleson
Dr. Hector McAdam


Edward Chapman
Edward Chapman
Joseph Byres M.P.
Edward Chapman
Joseph Byres M.P.
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