Douglas Fairbanks Jr. takes his new bride, ditzy Yolande Donlan, to his decrepit farm. When Ms. Donlan purchases six dozen ducks by accident, they soon discover one lays eggs with uranium in the shell. Within short order they are occupied by the Army, the Navy and the R.A.F., who want the duck and its ability to separate out the element for national service.
It's an exceedingly silly comedy, written and directed by Miss Donlan's husband, Val Guest, with plenty of fine comedy players in the cast: Jon Pertwee as their rustic farmhand, Reuben; Peter Butterworth as the handyman who feuds constantly with Mr. Pertwee; Wilfred Hyde-White, A.E. Matthews and Reginald Beckwith are on hand for the fun. It's not a great comedy, by any means, but it proceeds at such a hectic pace -- Mr. Guest had gotten his training as a writer for Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel -- that the time flew happily by.
It's an exceedingly silly comedy, written and directed by Miss Donlan's husband, Val Guest, with plenty of fine comedy players in the cast: Jon Pertwee as their rustic farmhand, Reuben; Peter Butterworth as the handyman who feuds constantly with Mr. Pertwee; Wilfred Hyde-White, A.E. Matthews and Reginald Beckwith are on hand for the fun. It's not a great comedy, by any means, but it proceeds at such a hectic pace -- Mr. Guest had gotten his training as a writer for Walter Forde and Marcel Varnel -- that the time flew happily by.