Innocents In Paris (1953)

An assortment of British tourists fly to Paris for the weekend: a diplomat (Alastair Sim), a Royal Marine bandsman (Ronald Shiner), a naive young woman (Claire Bloom), an amateur artist (Margaret Rutherford), a nationalistic Englishman (Jimmy Edwards) and an ex-soldier (James Copeland). Directed by Gordon Parry (TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER), the movie is a lightweight comedy examining the attitudes and foibles of the British and their attitude toward the French (especially French women) and the French view of these British invaders. Sometimes, the smugly "superior" attitude of the British is irritating. Why travel to a foreign country if you're going to look down at the behavior and culture of its people? Some storylines are more interesting than others and the two I liked most were the Marine (Shiner) and his encounter with a Mademoiselle (Gaby Bruyere) and the English girl's (Bloom) romance with an older Frenchman (Claude Dauphin). With Laurence Harvey, Christopher Lee, Monique Gerard and Peter Illing.