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	''[[Radio Times]]'' called the film "outdated hokum, a cliché-ridden story...this is certainly not the equal of the charming original."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/chjg8/mad-about-men \|title=Mad about Men \| Film review and movie reviews \|publisher=Radio Times \|date=2013-04-08 \|access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>		''[[w:Radio Times\|Radio Times]]'' called the film "outdated hokum, a cliché-ridden story...this is certainly not the equal of the charming original."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/chjg8/mad-about-men \|title=Mad about Men \| Film review and movie reviews \|publisher=Radio Times \|date=2013-04-08 \|access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>

	[[AllMovie]] praised it as a "delightful sequel to the saucy British comedy-fantasy Miranda."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-about-men-v100783 \|title=Mad About Men (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast \|publisher=AllMovie \|access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>		[[w:AllMovie\|AllMovie]] praised it as a "delightful sequel to the saucy British comedy-fantasy Miranda."<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-about-men-v100783 \|title=Mad About Men (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast \|publisher=AllMovie \|access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{short description|1954 film}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mad About Men
| image = "Mad_About_Men".jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Ralph Thomas]]
| producer = [[Betty E. Box]] [[Earl St. John]]
| writer = [[Peter Blackmore (screenwriter)|Peter Blackmore]]
| screenplay = Peter Blackmore
| starring = [[Glynis Johns]] [[Donald Sinden]] [[Anne Crawford]] [[Margaret Rutherford]]
| music = [[Benjamin Frankel]] [[Ronald Hanmer]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Steward]]
| editing = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| studio = [[Group Film Productions]]
| distributor = [[General Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|1954|11|16|df=y}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Mad About Men''''' is a 1954 British [[Technicolor]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring [[Glynis Johns]], [[Donald Sinden]], [[Anne Crawford]] and [[Margaret Rutherford]]. It was written by Peter Blackmore, who also wrote the 1948 film ''[[Miranda (1948 film)|Miranda]]'' which preceded ''Mad About Men''. Johns appears in both films as the mermaid Miranda.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6af75c4b |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712175929/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6af75c4b |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-12 |title=Mad about Men (1954) | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref> However, Rank Films insisted it was not a sequel.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39364414 |title=SPOTLIGHT ON THE STARS |newspaper=[[Western Mail (Western Australia)|Western Mail]] |volume=69 |issue=3,368 |location=Western Australia |date=20 May 1954 |access-date=31 August 2017 |page=28 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The film was shot at [[Pinewood Studios]] and [[location shooting|on location]] at [[Polperro]] in [[Cornwall]] and [[Long Crendon]] in [[Oxfordshire]].<ref name="memoirs">''A Touch Of The Memoirs'' by Donald Sinden. Hodder & Stoughton Publ. (1982), pp. 203-4</ref> Filming also took place in [[Brighton]] including at the [[Palace Pier]]. The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[George Provis]].

==Plot==
When gymnastics school teacher Caroline goes on holiday at her family's home in Cornwall, she meets her distant mermaid relative Miranda, who looks exactly like her. She agrees to let Miranda trade places with her, while she goes on a bicycling trip with a friend. Caroline feigns an accident, pretending that this requires her to use a wheelchair for a few weeks, thus providing a cover for the fact that Miranda has a fish tail instead of legs. Nurse Carey, who knows about Miranda [and was in the earlier film], is hired to attend Miranda.

Caroline is engaged to Ronald Baker, but when he shows up, Miranda does not like him at all. She decides to make Caroline a better match. She flirts outrageously with two eligible bachelors, Jeff Saunders and Colonel Barclay Sutton, right in front of Ronald. When she discovers that Ronald works in the government sanitation department (and approves of dumping garbage into the ocean), she dumps a tureen of cold soup on his head.

Meanwhile, Barbara Davenport, the colonel's fiancée, takes an understandable dislike to Miranda. While out swimming, she discovers Miranda's secret and arranges for "Caroline" to sing at a charity concert, plotting to reveal her true nature. Caroline reads about the forthcoming concert during her holiday, guesses what Barbara intends, and rushes back to take Miranda's place, foiling Barbara's scheme.

Afterward, Jeff takes Caroline boating. When he tries to kiss her, she resists at first, then willingly gives in, while a somewhat sad Miranda watches.

==Cast==
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* [[Glynis Johns]] as Caroline Trewella / Miranda Trewella
* [[Donald Sinden]] as Jeff Saunders
* [[Anne Crawford]] as Barbara Davenport
* [[Margaret Rutherford]] as Nurse Carey
* [[Dora Bryan]] as Berengaria, a mermaid friend of Miranda
* [[Nicholas Phipps]] as Colonel Barclay Sutton
* [[Peter Martyn (actor)|Peter Martyn]] as Ronald Baker
* [[Noel Purcell (actor)|Noell Purcell]] as Percy, a fisherman friend of Jeff
* [[Joan Hickson]] as Mrs Forster
* [[Judith Furse]] as Viola
* [[Irene Handl]] as Mme. Blanche
* [[David Hurst]] as Signor Mantalini, a musician
* [[Martin Miller (actor)|Martin Miller]] as Dr. Fergus, a biologist
* [[Deryck Guyler]] as Editor
* [[Anthony Oliver]] as Pawnbroker
* Lawrence Ward as Alphonse
* [[Martin Boddey]] as Marco
* [[Ken Richmond]] as Zampa
* [[Harry Welchman]] as Symes
* [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]] as Police Constable
* [[Lucy Griffiths (actress, born 1919)|Lucy Griffiths]] as Dr. Fergus' Secretary
* [[John Horsley (actor)|John Horsley]] as Sports Organiser
* [[Stringer Davis]] as the Vicar
* [[Henry B. Longhurst]] as Mayor
* [[Gibb McLaughlin]] as Ticket Collector
* [[Dandy Nichols]] as Nurse Carey's Landlady
* [[George Woodbridge (actor)|George Woodbridge]] as Fisherman Outside Pub
* [[Damaris Hayman]] as Tall Choral Society Singer
{{div col end}}

==Critical reception==
''[[Radio Times]]'' called the film "outdated hokum, a cliché-ridden story...this is certainly not the equal of the charming original."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/chjg8/mad-about-men |title=Mad about Men | Film review and movie reviews |publisher=Radio Times |date=2013-04-08 |access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>

[[AllMovie]] praised it as a "delightful sequel to the saucy British comedy-fantasy Miranda."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/mad-about-men-v100783 |title=Mad About Men (1954) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |access-date=2014-06-24}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0047199}}
* {{amg title|100783}}
* {{tcmdb title|id=556766}}

{{Ralph Thomas}}

[[Category:1954 films]]
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[[Category:Films about mermaids]]
[[Category:Films directed by Ralph Thomas]]
[[Category:Films produced by Betty Box]]
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[[Category:Films set in Cornwall]]
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