Folly to Be Wise(1952)
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Movie: Folly to Be Wise
Top 10 Billed Cast
Capt. William Paris
Angela Prout
George Prout
Soldier in Brains Trust audience
Professor Mutch
Lady Dodd
Jessie
Walter
Dr. Hector McAdam
Joseph Byres M.P.
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