Made in Heaven (1952)

Director
John Paddy Carstairs

Main cast
David Tomlinson; Petula Clark; Zonja Ziemann; Athene Seyler; A. E. Matthews

Genres
Comedy, Romance

Description
Residents of the small English village of Dunmow react in comical ways when the Topham family hires a beautiful and young Hungarian maid.


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