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Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
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88 min
1973-11-09
Released
English
58
5.7
Sidney Fiddler
Hope Springs
Connie Philpotts
Mayor Frederick Bumble
Peter Potter
Augusta Prodworthy
Admiral
William
Mildred Bumble
Mrs. Dukes
Police Inspector
Paula Perkins
Dawn Brakes
Debra
Miss Bangor
Ida Downs
Alderman Pratt
Larry Prodworthy
Rosemary
First Citizen
Fire Chief
Miss Drew
Matron
Susan Brooks
Francis Cake
Eileen Denby
Gloria Winch
Mary Parker
Julia Oates
Maureen Darcy
Cecil Gaybody
Bearded Audience Member (uncredited)
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Sound Man (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Police Constable (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Woman Liberator (uncredited)
Lady at Hospital (uncredited)
Second Citizen (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Town Councillor (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Man at Beauty Contest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Gent on Tube (uncredited)
Elderly Resident (uncredited)
Man on Tube (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Town Councillor (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Press Photographer (uncredited)
Beauty Contest Judge (uncredited)
Town Councillor (uncredited)
Cloak Room Attendant (uncredited)
Audience Member (uncredited)
Palace Hotel Maid (uncredited)
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