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{{Short description|1959 British film by David Eady}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Crowning Touch
| image = "The_Crowning_Touch"_(1959).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Original British lobby card
| director =[[David Eady (film director)|David Eady]]
| producer =[[Jon Penington]]
| writer =[[Margot Bennett (writer)|Margot Bennett]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]]<br /> [[Greta Gynt]]<br />[[Griffith Jones (actor)|Griffith Jones]]<br />[[Dermot Walsh]]<br />[[Irene Handl]]
| music =[[Edwin Astley]]
| cinematography = [[Ernest Palmer (British cinematographer)|Ernest Palmer]]
| editing = John Pomeroy
| studio = Crescent Films
| distributor = [[Butcher's Film Service]](UK)
| released = {{Film date|1959|06}}
| runtime = 75 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''The Crowning Touch''''' is a 1959 [[UK|British]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[David Eady (film director)|David Eady]] and starring [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]], [[Irene Handl]] and [[Greta Gynt]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=The Crowning Touch |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150013863 |access-date=27 January 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref>

==Plot==
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.

==Cast==
* [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] as Bert
* [[Greta Gynt]] as Rosie
* [[Griffith Jones (actor)|Griffith Jones]] as Mark
* [[Sydney Tafler]] as Joe
* [[Dermot Walsh]] as Aubrey Drake
* [[Maureen Connell]] as Julia
* [[Colin Gordon]] as Stacey
* [[Irene Handl]] as Bebe
* [[Allan Cuthbertson]] as Philip
* [[Diane Hart]] as Tess
* [[Joan Benham]] as Daphne
* [[Maurice Kaufmann]] as David

==Critical reception==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "This quartet of magazine stories is smoothly linked by a generally amusing and entertaining script, while the production's acting and technical qualities are passably good."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1959 |title=The Crowning Touch |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305821860/8A580FA73A234EABPQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=26 |issue=300 |pages=105 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

''[[Allmovie]]'' called the film "a serviceable British shaggy-dog story, graced by the presence of such top talents as Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh and Irene Handl."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-crowning-touch-v88279 |title=The Crowning Touch (1959) - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast |publisher=AllMovie |date= |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>

''[[TV Guide]]'' called it an "okay English comedy ... A number of distinguished performers lift this one above the average."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/the-crowning-touch/review/111879 |title=The Crowning Touch Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-23}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0198389}}

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