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A Touch of the Sun

6.0(6)19561h 20m2

A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.

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Released
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Box office
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Language
English
  • hotel
  • will
  • bankruptcy
  • financial crisis
  • tourism

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Director

Gordon Parry

Produced in

United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU1 Oct 1956
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A5 Apr 1957

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A Touch of the Sun was released on 1 October 1956.

Audience reviews

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    dennyjt

    8/31/2022

    4/10

    Hotel desk clerk Howerd is a Mister Fixit who dreams of warmer climes. When he inherits a fortune, he takes off to enjoy it, only to find the reality does not match his imagination. On his return, as the film lurches into farce, he buys the now failed hotel, but has to impress the Northern investors by pretending the place is still a bustling location by having the staff race around posing as guests. Another failed H…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/24/2023

    6/10

    I was never a great fan of Frankie Howerd's brand of comedy, but he's actually not bad in this rather quirkily entertaining tale of rags to riches. He is "Darling" who takes great pleasure in quitting as an hotel porter when he is left a small fortune. He soon bores of the high life and returns to his former workplace only to find it's struggling. He sees a chance to rescue it, settle a few old scores - and maybe eve…

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