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{{Short description|1962 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox film
|name = The Amorous Prawn
|image = Amoprpos.jpg
|caption = Original film poster
|director = [[Anthony Kimmins]]
|producer = [[Leslie Gilliat]]
|writer = [[Anthony Kimmins]] (play and screenplay)<br>[[Nicholas Phipps]]
|starring = [[Ian Carmichael]]<br>[[Joan Greenwood]]<br>[[Cecil Parker]]
|music = [[John Barry (composer)|John Barry]]
|cinematography = [[Wilkie Cooper]]
|editing = [[Thelma Connell]]
|studio = Covent Garden Films
|distributor = [[British Lion Films]]
|released = {{Film date|df=yes|1962|11|26|UK}}
|runtime = 89 minutes
|country = United Kingdom
|language = English
}}

'''''The Amorous Prawn''''' or '''''The Amorous Mr. Prawn''''' is a 1962 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Anthony Kimmins]] and starring [[Ian Carmichael]], [[Joan Greenwood]] and [[Cecil Parker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bf80658|title=The Amorous Prawn (1962)|website=BFI}}</ref> The film was based on a 1959 [[Farce|farcical]] play by Kimmins.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/4fv/the-amorous-prawn/production/jzk|title=Production of The Amorous Prawn - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com|accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref>

In the United States the film was retitled '''''The Playgirl and the War Minister''''' to exploit the [[Profumo affair]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/67282/the-playgirl-and-the-war-minister#overview|title=The Playgirl and the War Minister (1963) - Overview|website=[[Turner Classic Movies]]|accessdate=5 September 2021}}</ref>

==Premise==
General Fitzadam receives his final posting in the remote Scottish Highlands. When the General and his wife discover that they cannot afford the country cottage where they plan to retire, his wife decides to run their residence as a hotel for wealthy Americans using the services of soldiers and an expert poacher.

==Cast==
{{Cast listing|
*[[Ian Carmichael]] as Corporal Sidney Green
*[[Joan Greenwood]] as Lady Dodo Fitzadam
*[[Cecil Parker]] as General Sir Hamish Fitzadam
*[[Dennis Price]] as Prawn (Mr Vernon)
*[[Robert Beatty]] as Larry Hoffman
*[[Liz Fraser]] as Private Suzie Tidmarsh
*[[Finlay Currie]] as Lochaye
*[[Robert Nichols (actor)|Robert Nichols]] as Sam Goulansky
*Bridget Armstrong as Private Biddy O'Hara
*[[Harry Locke]] as Albert Huggin
*[[Derek Nimmo]] as Private Willie Maltravers
*[[Roddy McMillan]] as Private McTavish
*[[Sandra Dorne]] as Busty Babs
*[[Michael Ripper]] as Angus
*Roberta Desti as Jeweller's assistant
*[[Patrick Jordan]] as Sergeant at Guard
*[[Godfrey James]] as Sergeant at Exchange
*[[Gerald Sim]] as 1st Telephone Operator
*[[Geoffrey Bayldon]] as 2nd Telephone Operator
*[[Eric Woodburn]] as Publican
*John Dunbar as 1st Pub Customer
*[[Jack Stewart (actor)|Jack Stewart]] as 2nd Pub Customer
*Drew Russell as Airman
*Eric Francis as Jimmy - the policeman
*Michael Hunt as RAF sergeant
*[[Reg Lye]] as Uncle Joe (the poacher)
}}

==Production==
The original play had run for over 900 performances in the [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Film Activities Along The Thames|author=Stephen Watts |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=25 March 1962}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=This Charming Man: The Life of Ian Carmichael|first=Robert|last=Fairclough|date=22 September 2011|publisher=Aurum Press|page=160|isbn=9781845137380}}</ref>

==Critical reception==
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the film "non-demanding light entertainment, cheerfully put over by a reliable cast of popular British thesps."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/1961/film/reviews/the-amorous-prawn-1200420086/|title=The Amorous Prawn|date=1 January 1962|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0055746}}

{{Anthony Kimmins}}

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[[Category:1960s British films]]

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