One Wild Oat – 1951 | 77 mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Vernon Sylvaine’s successful stage play is transferred to the screen here with few changes. The comic theme of class divide is explored as the daughter of a reputable solicitor falls for the son of a shady greyhound owner.

Humphrey Proudfoot (Robertson Hare) is a class-conscious solicitor whose 19-year-old daughter falls in love with the son of a disreputable greyhound owner Alfred Gilbey (Stanley Holloway) who lives in the same block of flats. After Humphrey fails to convince his daughter not to marry the young Gilbey, he decides to employ a private investigator in order to dig up some dirt on the womanising gambler. But his sneaky shenanigans backfire when Gilbey turns the tables and discovers Proudfoot s first love Emily (Irene Handl). When Emily turns up at the same time as Gilbey s mistress Gloria, the two men suddenly find themselves on the same side as they struggle to keep their two women away from their wives.