Paper Orchid
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Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and Garry Marsh. It is perhaps most notable for an early film appearance of Sid James, later to find success through the Carry On series.
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Cast
22 people
Hugh Williams
Frank McSweeney
Known for
Wuthering Heights
Khartoum
Hy Hazell
Stella Mason
Also in
Forces' Sweetheart
The Lady Craved Excitement
Roy Ward Baker
Val Guest
John R. Sloan
Sidney James
Freddy Evans (as Sidney James)
Known for
The Lavender Hill Mob
Carry On Cleo
Arthur La Bern
William Collier Jr.
Known for
Little Caesar
Cimarron
Garry Marsh
Johnson
Known for
Number Seventeen
Scrooge
Andrew Cruickshank
Inspector Clement Pill
Known for
Murder Most Foul
El Cid
Ivor Barnard
Eustace Crabb
Known for
Great Expectations
Beat the Devil
Walter Hudd
Briggs
Known for
The Importance of Being Earnest
I Know Where I'm Going!
Roy Ward Baker Director · Val Guest Screenplay Arthur La Bern Author
First release April 1, 1949
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · April 1, 1949
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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