Film Adaptation
A film adaptation was made in 1961, starring Norman Wisdom as Marlowe, Richard Briers as Eustace, Philip Locke as Bream Mortimer and Millicent Martin as Billie. Richard Briers later portrayed another Wodehouse character, Galahad Threepwood, in a BBC adaptation of Heavy Weather.
Directed by Henry Kaplan the screenplay was adapted from Wodehouse's original novel by Reuben Ship. Some scenes from the novel, such as Sam Marlowe's performance at the ship's concert, are not included in the film. The romance between Eustace and Jane Hubbard (played by Sheila Hancock) is also altered; Eustace stands up to his domineering mother in the film, but not in the book.
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