Next to No Time
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Plot
A mild-mannered British planning engineer is sent across the Atlantic by his firm to negotiate a deal for which he feels hugely out of his depth. He finds however, that his personality changes in synchronization with a clock.[citation needed]
Cast
- Kenneth More as David Webb
- Betsy Drake as Georgia Brent
- Roland Culver as Sir Godfrey Cowan
- Harry Green as Saul Wiener
- Patrick Barr as Jerry Lane
- Maureen Connell as Mary
- Reginald Beckwith as Warren, Sir Godfrey's Secretary
- John Welsh as Steve, the Barman
- Bessie Love as Becky Wiener
- Howard Marion-Crawford as Hobbs
- Clive Morton as Wallis
- John Laurie as Abercrombie, Scottish Director
- Raymond Huntley as Factory Supervisor
- Eleanor Bryan as Susie
- Irene Handl as Greengrocer
- Sidney James as Cabin Steward
- Ferdy Mayne as Mario
- Rupert Davies as Auction organiser
- Sandra Walden as Hester
- Fred Griffiths as Customer
- Yvonne Buckingham as Mario's Girl Friend
- Valerie Buckley as American Girl
- Paul Cole as American Boy
Critical reception
The New York Times wrote, "Mr. Cornelius' little frolic is very much like the bubbles cascading around the opening title and credits—thin, transparent and bouncy."[2]
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- Next to No Time at AllMovie
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