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{{Infobox film
| name = Ladies Who Do
| image = Ladies Who Do.jpg
| director = [[C. M. Pennington-Richards]]
| producer = [[George H. Brown (producer)|George H. Brown]] Jan Darnley-Smith
| writer = [[Michael Pertwee]] John Bignall
| music = [[Ron Goodwin]]
| cinematography = [[Geoffrey Faithfull]]
| editing = [[Oswald Hafenrichter]]
| starring = [[Peggy Mount]] [[Robert Morley]] [[Harry H. Corbett]] [[Dandy Nichols]]
|studio = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]] Fanfare Films
| distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
| released = 25 November 1963
| runtime = 85 minutes
|budget=£134,666<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/114988/1/Bryanston_Films_An_Experiment_in_Cooperative_Independent_Film_Production_and_Distribution.pdf|last=Petrie|first= Duncan James |year=2017|title= Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution|journal= Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television| issn= 1465-3451|page=7 }}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
}}

'''''Ladies Who Do''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[C. M. Pennington-Richards]] starring [[Peggy Mount]], [[Robert Morley]] and [[Harry H. Corbett]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/ladies-who-do-v98440/cast-crew|title=Ladies Who Do (1963) - C.M. Pennington-Richards | Cast and Crew|website=AllMovie}}</ref> It was shot at [[Twickenham Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] around [[London]].

==Plot==
Mrs. Cragg (Peggy Mount) works as a [[charwoman]] (part-time domestic servant) for retired Colonel Whitforth (Robert Morley) and as a cleaner at an office block in London. It is whilst doing her office cleaning that she retrieves a cigar discarded by financier James Ryder (Harry H. Corbett) as a gift for the Colonel, wrapping it in a scrap of paper. The Colonel discovers that the scrap of paper is actually a telegram containing details about a City takeover bid that has fallen through. He unscrupulously uses this insider information to make £5,000 on the stock exchange, which he offers to share equally with Mrs. Cragg.

Though she does not understand what happened, she is convinced that he has done something wrong, so she goes to inform Ryder. However, before she can, she hears him on the telephone talking about his plan to demolish Pitt Street, evicting her and all her friends, so he can erect an office building. She argues with him, to no avail. He tells her, "If you want anything, you've got to go out and get it ... so long as it's legal." She takes his advice to heart.

Determined to foil Ryder's plan, she recruits three of her friends and neighbours in Pitt Street, fellow 'chars' who clean the offices of other noted financiers, to gather information. They form the company 'Ladezudu' ("Ladies Who Do"), a speculation syndicate headed by Whitforth. All goes well until they invest all of their capital, now £60,000, in an Irish pig producer, only to lose everything when an outbreak of swine fever kills the stock.

Meanwhile, Ryder and his partner Sydney Tait offer the residents of Pitt Street £100 each if they agree to move within a month. with very little success. Ryder desperately needs the office building project to succeed, otherwise he will be wiped out. Aware of Ryder's precarious finances, Tait dissolves their partnership. However, having lost everything, the ladies are unable to put up a fight when Ryder brings his demolition crew in. Then the Colonel brings news: when the pigs were buried, valuable "deposits" were discovered, meaning Ladezudu will recoup much more than their investment. Heartened, Mrs. Cragg organises stiff resistance, which convinces Ryder's investor Strang to withdraw from the project. The Colonel invites Ryder to his office to discuss selling out. There he meets the board of directors, the four charwomen, and realises how they obtained their information. The Colonel invites him to lunch to discuss Ryder joining the board. (After they all leave, an unknown man enters the room and starts going through their waste paper.)

==Cast==
*[[Peggy Mount]] as Mrs. Cragg
*[[Robert Morley]] as The Colonel
*[[Harry H. Corbett]] as James Ryder
*[[Miriam Karlin]] as Mrs. Higgins
*[[Avril Elgar]] as Emily Parish
*[[Dandy Nichols]] as Mrs. Merryweather
*[[Jon Pertwee]] as Sydney Tait
*[[Joan Benham]] as Miss Pinsent
*[[Ron Moody]] as Police Inspector
*[[Cardew Robinson]] as Police Driver
*[[Nigel Davenport]] as Mr. Strang
*[[Arthur Howard]] as Chauffeur
*[[Ernest Clark]] as Stockbroker
*[[Tristram Jellinek]] as 2nd Stockbroker
*[[John Laurie]] as Doctor MacGregor
*[[Graham Stark]] as Foreman
*[[Brian Rawlinson]] as Shop Steward
*[[Harry Fowler]] as Drill Operator
*[[Bruce Wightman]] as Bulldozer Driver
*[[Margaret Boyd (actress)|Margaret Boyd]] as Mrs. Parish
*[[Arthur Mullard]] as Mr. Merryweather
*[[Ed Devereaux]] as Mr. Gubbins
*[[Marianne Stone]] as Mrs. Gubbins
*[[Raymond Smith (actor)|Raymond Smith]] as Hydraulic Shovel Driver
*[[Carol White]] as Sandra
*[[Barbara Mitchell]] as Rose

==Reception==
''Kinematograph Weekly'' called the film a "money maker" at the British box office for 1964.<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://archive.org/details/KineWeekly2985/page/n8/mode/1up?q=%22john+guillermin%22|magazine=Kinematograph Weekly|first=Bill|last=Altria|title=British Films Romp Home - Fill First Five Places|date=17 Dec 1964|page=9}}</ref>

==DVD release==
''Ladies Who Do'' was released on DVD in the UK on 24 March 2008.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0057241}}
* {{BFI Explore|id=4ce2b6ae61cd7|title=Ladies Who Do (1964)}}

{{C.M. Pennington-Richards}}

[[Category:1963 films]]
[[Category:1960s business films]]
[[Category:1963 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards]]
[[Category:Films scored by Ron Goodwin]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:Films shot in London]]
[[Category:Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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