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Duration: 1 hour, 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

Musical comedy about a Washington hostess posted as ambassador to a tiny European principality who falls in love with the handsome foreign minister. Show more

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Sally Adams:
Ethel Merman
Kenneth Gibson:
Donald O'Connor
Princess Maria:
Vera-Ellen undefined
General Cosmo Constantine:
George Sanders
Pemberton Maxwell:
Billy DeWolfe
August Tantinnin:
Walter Slezak
Prime Minister Sebastian:
Steven Geray
Grand Duke Otto:
Ludwig Stossel
Prince Hugo:
Helmut Dantine
Grand Duchess Sophie:
Lilia Skala
Senator Brockway:
Charles Dingle
Senator Charlie Gallagher:
Emory Parnell
Senator Wilkins:
Percy Helton
Director:
Walter Lang

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Duration: 2 hours, 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Classic comedy. An oddball mix of motorists learn of some buried cash and embark on a desperate, competitive cross-California rush to unearth it. Show more

Contributors

Captain Culpepper:
Spencer Tracy
J Russell Finch:
Milton Berle
Melville Crump:
Sid Caesar
Benjy Benjamin:
Buddy Hackett
Mrs Marcus:
Ethel Merman
Ding Bell:
Mickey Rooney
Sylvester Marcus:
Dick Shawn
Otto Meyer:
Phil Silvers
Algernon Hawthorne:
Terry-Thomas
Lennie Pike:
Jonathan Winters
Monica Crump:
Edie Adams
Emeline Marcus-Finch:
Dorothy Provine
Smiler Grogan:
Jimmy Durante
Tyler Fitzgerald:
Jim Backus
Police Chief Aloysius:
William Demarest
Third Cab Driver:
Peter Falk
Writer:
Tania Rose

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