Kenneth Williams is uncredited as someone arranging things beneath a counter in London Airport (not a window dresser, as wrongly described in IMDb), and in one fleeting cameo exchange, he manages to 'be Kenneth Williams' to an astonishing degree with just a few words. We catch some wonderful glimpses of early performances by people who were later well known. They all fly out on the same plane and return on the same plane. The film follows the adventures of each character over the course of a weekend. But instead of American 'innocents', this British film portrays British 'innocents', all except for a seasoned diplomat (Alastair Sim) making a first trip to Paris. This delightful and light-hearted film carries on in the tradition of gentle satire established by Mark Twain in his two popular novels 'The Innocents Abroad' and 'The Innocents at Home'. Reviewed by robert-temple-1 7 / 10 Paris with barely any traffic but plenty of Amour
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I especially loved De Funès as the taxi driver - one of the rare times this actor has appeared in a British Film.
We see larger-than-life characters from Paris, such as the huge butcher, the concierge etc. The quintessentially French atmosphere of Paris at the time is preserved for posterity on this film as in reality it exists no more. It has undeniable charm and such a film could not be made nowadays as everything including Paris has become so much more cosmopolitan. The film is a pure piece of anthology of the fifties, and I would dearly recommend it to all, like me, who hanker after films of this era. There are also very funny moments, notably with Alastair Sim as the international negotiator trying to reach agreement with his Russian counterpart by making him sign on a table cloth.and Margaret Rutherford and her Mona Lisa. Parts of the film are very romantic and touching, notably the "idylles" between the young scotsman and Raymonde, Gaby Bruyère and Dicky Bird, Claire Bloom and Claude Dauphin. It's a chance to see Paris during its "golden age" the 1950's ( so different from nowadays ! ). The film includes well-known English and French actors at the time, such as Alastair Sim, Jimmy Edwards, Louis de Funès, Claude Dauphin, Claire Bloom, Gaby Bruyère etc. The film retraces what happens to each of them during their short stay in Paris. In the early 1950's a motley group of English tourists fly off to visit Paris for a weekend. Why it should be available in that country and not in the UK is a total mystery to me ! This film is now (October 2007) available in DVD from SPAIN from online stores such as DVDGO under the title Inocentes en Paris with English and Spanish language tracks and optional Spanish subtitles. Reviewed by nicholas.rhodes 8 / 10 A little gem from the fifties - for nostalgia buffs and golden age of Paris