Wonderful Things
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Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1958-06-10
Runtime: 82 mins
Director: Herbert Wilcox
Spoken language: English
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Original title: Wonderful Things
Production Companies: Herbert Wilcox Productions
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Cast
Frankie Vaughan
Jeremy Spenser
Jocelyn Lane
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Jean Dawnay
Eddie Byrne
Harold Kasket
Christopher Rhodes
Cyril Chamberlain
Barbara Goalen
Nancy Nevinson
Larry Taylor
Ronnie Barker
Liz Fraser
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