{{Short description|1951 British comedy film by Charles Saunders}} {{For|the play|One Wild Oat (play)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = One Wild Oat | image = One_Wild_Oat_film_Theatrical_release_poster_(1951-2).jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Charles Saunders | producer = John Croydon | writer = Lawrence Huntington | screenplay = Vernon Sylvaine | based_on = {{based on|''One Wild Oat''|Vernon Sylvaine}} (play) | narrator = | starring = Stanley Holloway<br>Robertson Hare<br>Sam Costa | music = Stanley Black | cinematography = Robert Navarro | editing = Margery Saunders | studio = Coronet Films | distributor = Eros Films | released = {{film date|1951|5|16|df=yes}} | runtime = 77 minutes | country = United Kingdom | language = English | budget = }} '''''One Wild Oat''''' is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Stanley Holloway, Robertson Hare and Sam Costa with pre-stardom appearances by Audrey Hepburn and Roger Moore as extras.<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=One Wild Oat |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150038189 |access-date=14 May 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref> The screenplay was by Vernon Sylvaine and Lawrence Huntington based on Sylvaine's 1948 play of the same title.
==Plot== Solicitor Humphrey Proudfoot attempts to discourage his daughter Cherrie's infatuation for Fred, a philanderer, by revealing Fred's past. The plan backfires when Alfred Gilbey, the daughter's would-be father-in-law, threatens to reveal the solicitor's own shady background.
==Cast== * Robertson Hare as Humphrey Proudfoot * Stanley Holloway as Alfred Gilbey * Sam Costa as Mr. Pepys * Andrew Crawford as Fred Gilbey * Vera Pearce as Mrs. Gilbey * June Sylvaine as Cherrie Proudfoot * Robert Moreton as Throstle * Constance Lorne as Mrs. Proudfoot * Gwen Cherrell as Audrey Cuttle #1 * Irene Handl as Emily Pepys (Audrey Cuttle #2) * Ingeborg von Kusserow as Gloria Samson (as Ingeborg Wells) * Charles Groves as Charles * Joan Rice as Annie (maid) * Audrey Hepburn as the hotel receptionist * Fred Berger as Samson * William Fox as the porter * Roger Moore bit part (uncredited)
==Production== It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith with sets designed by the art director Ivan King.The stage production debuted at the Garrick Theatre in London and was directed by Jack Buchanan.
The stage version starred Robertson Hare, who reprised his role for the film, and Arthur Riscoe (who replaced Alfred Drayton following his death in 1949), the part being played by Stanley Holloway in the screen version.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}}
June Sylvaine, who played Cherrie Proudfoot in the stage and film versions, was the wife of Vernon Sylvaine.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dando-Collins |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PPElDwAAQBAJ&dq=June+sylvaine+wife+Vernon+sylvaine&pg=PT28 |title=Mr Showbiz: The Biography of Robert Stigwood |year=2017 |publisher=Random House Australia |isbn=978-1-925324-76-1 |language=en}}</ref>
== Critical reception == ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "This is a routine adaptation of the stage farce, cast in the familiar mould. Robertson Hare repeats his stage performance with gusto, and has a hardworking team-mate in Stanley Holloway. Innuendo-laden dialogue produces the requisite number of laughs."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1951 |title=One Wild Oat |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305815435 |journal=The Monthly Film Bulletin |volume=18 |issue=204 |pages=235 |id={{ProQuest|1305815435}} }}</ref>
''Variety'' wrote: "A successful British stage farce of last season, ''One Wild Oat'' has been transferred to the screen with the minimum of adjustment. It is given the broad laughter treatment that invariably rates high with British audiences, but it cannot expect to make anything of impact on the U.S. market."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=30 May 1951 |title=One Wild Oat |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1401252808 |journal=Variety |volume=182 |issue=12 |pages=6 |id={{ProQuest|1401252808}} }}</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0043884|title=One Wild Oat}} * {{Rotten Tomatoes|one_wild_oat}} * {{IMDb title|id=0042949|title=Seven Days to Noon}}
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