Made in Heaven

Made in Heaven is a 1952 British Technicolor comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs which stars David Tomlinson, Petula Clark and Sonja Ziemann. The screenplay was based on a story by William Douglas-Home. It was shot at Pinewood Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Maurice Carter. Plot summary Young married couple Basil (David Tomlinson) and Julie Topham (Petula Clark) enter the ancient annual Dunmow Flitch Trials (in which a married couple can win a side of bacon if at the end of one year, they have 'not wisht themselves unmarried again'). However, the Topham's happy household, and then an entire village is thrown into chaos with the arrival of an attractive Hungarian housemaid (Sonja Ziemann). Cast David Tomlinson as Basil Topham Petula Clark as Julie Topham Sonja Ziemann as Marta A. E. Matthews as Hillary Topham (Grandpa) Charles Victor as Aubrey Topham Sophie Stewart as Marjorie Topham Philip Stainton as Stanley Grimes Richard Wattis as Hayworth Honeycroft, the Vicar Michael Brennan as Sergeant Marne Alfie Bass as Bert Jenkins Dora Bryan as Ethel Jenkins Ferdy Mayne as István Athene Seyler as Miss Rosabelle Honeycroft (the Vicar's sister) Harold Kasket as The Fat Man George Bishop as The Bishop Margot Lister as Bishop's Wife John Warren as Keeper of the Wheel Ronnie Stevens as TV Announcer Gilbert Davis as TV Gent Stuart Latham as Porter Vernon Morris as Dick Vincent Ball as Man at Party