5.7
81 min
Ada Shore (Diane Hart) arrives at Skerryvore University in Scotland in search of her long-lost uncle Connell O’Grady (Joseph Tomelty), who was once a subversive Irish poet but is now working under an assumed name as a University porter. Ada is mistaken by Principal Archibald Asher (Patrick Barr) as his new secretary, and she goes along with the impersonation. Archibald and Ada fall in love, which incurs the disapproval of the puritanical Professor Hayman (Duncan Macrae).
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Duncan Macrae | Professor "Haywire" Hayman | Unowned |
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Joseph Tomelty | Connell O'Grady aka Dan McEntee | Unowned |
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Patrick Barr | Sir Archibald Asher | Unowned |
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Charles Hawtrey | Adolphus Hayman | Unowned |
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Diane Hart | Ada Shore | Unowned |
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Robert Urquhart | Sheltie | Unowned |
| Edward Lexy | Lord Carshennie | Unowned | |
| Jacqueline Mackenzie | Nellie Kelly | Unowned | |
| Eric Woodburn | The Bedellus | Unowned | |
| Molly Urquhart | Lady Duffy | Unowned | |
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Ronnie Corbett | Maither | Unowned |
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Reginald Beckwith | Radio reporter | Unowned |
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Russell Waters | Professor Baikie | Unowned |
| Wendy Noel | Miss Mear | Unowned | |
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Roddy McMillan | Milligan | Unowned |
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Alastair Hunter | Desk Sergeant | Unowned |
| Andrew Downie | Student | Unowned | |
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Archie Duncan | Police Constable | Unowned |