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	'''''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.''''' (U.S. title: '''''Man in a Cocked Hat''''') is a 1959 British [[comedy film]] made by the [[Boulting ~~Brothers~~]] and starring [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Peter Sellers]], and [[Luciana Paluzzi]]. It centres on an inept [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] (F.O.) diplomat who is sent to re-establish good relations with the island of Gaillardia, an obscure former British colony that attracts the attention of both the UK and the USSR for its mineral deposits.		'''''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.''''' (U.S. title: '''''Man in a Cocked Hat''''') is a 1959 British [[comedy film]] made by the [[Boulting brothers]] and starring [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Peter Sellers]], and [[Luciana Paluzzi]]. It centres on an inept [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office\|Foreign Office]] (F.O.) diplomat who is sent to re-establish good relations with the island of Gaillardia, an obscure former British colony that attracts the attention of both the UK and the USSR for its mineral deposits.

	==Plot==		==Plot==

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	~~==See also==~~
	*''[[Gaillardia]]'', a relative of the sunflower

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{{short description|1959 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
| image = Carlton-Browne of the FO - UK poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = UK cinema poster
| director = [[Roy Boulting]]<br />[[Jeffrey Dell]]
| producer = [[John Boulting]]
| writer = Roy Boulting (screenplay and story)<br />Jeffrey Dell (screenplay and story)
| starring = [[Terry-Thomas]]<br />[[Peter Sellers]]<br />[[Luciana Paluzzi]]
| music = [[John Addison]]
| cinematography = [[Mutz Greenbaum|Max Greene]]
| editing = [[Anthony Harvey]]
| studio = Charter Film Productions
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
| released = 10 March 1959 (London)
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.''''' (U.S. title: '''''Man in a Cocked Hat''''') is a 1959 British [[comedy film]] made by the [[Boulting Brothers]] and starring [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Peter Sellers]], and [[Luciana Paluzzi]]. It centres on an inept [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office|Foreign Office]] (F.O.) diplomat who is sent to re-establish good relations with the island of Gaillardia, an obscure former British colony that attracts the attention of both the UK and the USSR for its mineral deposits.

==Plot==
A [[title sequence]] prologue details Britain's accidental acquisition of the island of Gaillardia (located somewhere on the [[33rd parallel south]]) during the 18th century, the feud between the two halves of the island and Britain's granting Gaillardia [[self-rule]] in 1916. When independence was granted, the Foreign Office (F.O.) failed to notify its representative, who was still there forty years later. He writes a letter to the F.O. informing them of suspicious Russian activity.

After some research, the F.O. decide the matter falls under the responsibility of Carlton-Browne, head of the Department of Miscellaneous Territories. Brutally inept, he had only gained the position due to the distinguished career of his father. He suggests sending out two British geologists under the cover of a [[British Council]] [[Morris dancing]] troupe putting on a show for the king of Gaillardia. At the show, the king is assassinated and his young [[University of Oxford|Oxford]]-educated son Loris flies out to accede to the throne. On the flight, travelling incognito as 'Mr Jones', he talks to a beautiful young woman who happens to be from Gaillardia. Carlton-Browne is sent out to see to British interests under the new king, accompanied by his [[military attaché]] Colonel Bellingham of the [[2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)|Bays]].

Loris and his prime minister Amphibulos stall the British, hoping to start a bidding war between them and the Russians for the country's mineral wealth. Amphibulos hopes to get rich, but Loris hopes to modernise his country and benefit its people. The two are then visited by Loris's uncle [[Grand Duke]] Alexis and the veiled Princess Ilyena, whom Alexis and his rebels are backing as the true claimant to the throne.

To settle the struggle between Loris and Alexis, the British persuade the [[United Nations]] to [[partition (politics)|partition]] the island (to save costs, this is accomplished by little more than painting a white line across the island with a [[cricket]] pitch marking trolley). Soon afterwards, the British mineralogists arrive back at the F.O. to announce they have discovered rich [[cobalt]] deposits, on what is now Alexis's half of the island. Loris comes to Britain for talks, but the F.O. refuse to meet him, instead negotiating with Alexis so Britain can seize the mineral wealth. Loris discovers this and also overhears Amphibulos giving Alexis his support and planning to overthrow Loris in favour of Ilyena.

Disgusted, Loris leaves his hotel and meets Ilyena, who is attempting to avoid an unintelligent British suitor Carlton-Browne has set up for her. Loris recognises her as the young woman from the plane but only discovers her true identity when they duck into a [[Movie theater|cinema]] and see a [[newsreel]] of her arrival in Britain. Initially angry that she has hidden her identity from him, he soon falls in love with her and starts to discuss with her how to outwit both Amphibulos and Alexis. The F.O. receive news of a revolution in Gaillardia, withdraw their support for the partition and send Bellingham at the head of a party of [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|parachutists]] to put down the revolution.

After the parachutists mistakenly attack their own [[Headquarters|HQ]], Bellingham and Carlton-Browne are captured and taken to see the leaders of the revolution, Loris and Ilyena, now engaged to be married. Loris pretends that Carlton-Browne is not in Gaillardia to intervene in the revolution, but to give his congratulations on the engagement, which Carlton-Browne goes along with. Gaillardia is reunited, the Russians, British and Americans leave and Carlton-Browne is granted orders of chivalry by both Gaillardia and Britain for his services to world peace. The credits roll on a scene of a team of workmen painting out the white line.

==Cast==
*[[Terry-Thomas]] as Cadogan De Vere Carlton-Browne
*[[Peter Sellers]] as Prime Minister Amphibulos
*[[Luciana Paluzzi]] as Princess Ilyena
*[[Ian Bannen]] as the young King Loris
*[[Thorley Walters]] as Colonel Bellingham
*[[Raymond Huntley]] as Tufton-Slade, foreign secretary
*[[Miles Malleson]] as Davidson, Resident Advisor
*[[John Le Mesurier]] as the Grand Duke
*[[Marie Lohr]] as Lady Carlton-Browne
*[[Kynaston Reeves]] as Sir Arthur Carlton-Browne
*[[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]] as Sir John Farthing
*[[John Van Eyssen]] as Hewitt
*[[Nicholas Parsons]] as Rodgers
*[[Irene Handl]] as Mrs. Carter
*[[Harry Locke]] as Gaillardian commentator
*[[Basil Dignam]] as Security Officer
*[[Sam Kydd]] as Signaller
*Robert Bruce as Major Miller
*[[John Glyn-Jones]] as Newsreel Interviewer
*[[Marianne Stone]] as Woman in Cinema
*[[Kathy Keeton|Kathryn Keeton]] as Dancer
*[[Margaret Lacey]] as Onlooker

==See also==
*''[[Gaillardia]]'', a relative of the sunflower

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0053044}}

{{Boulting brothers}}{{Jeffrey Dell}}

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[[Category:1959 comedy films]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
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[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Roy Boulting]]
[[Category:Films directed by Jeffrey Dell]]
[[Category:Films scored by John Addison]]
[[Category:Films set in the Caribbean]]
[[Category:Films set on islands]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]

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