Captain Nigel Patrick is spending his leave at a Swiss inn. His eye falls on innkeeper's daughter Jill Day. Imagine his chagrin when he falls ill with chicken pox, and has to spend most of his vacation in bed in the chalet's attic. Fortunately, his principal rival is namby-pamby David Tomlinson, who is also stuck in the attic with chicken pox. Unfortunately, their nurse is Tomlinson's old nanny, Kathleen Harrison.
It's a fair comedy, enlivened considerably by Miss Harrison performing well outside her usual personna, with a reasonably posh accent and an attitude suited to dealing with small children, with plenty of platitudes which enrage Patrick most amusingly. Leo McKern is on hand as a Greek with a Spanish accent who also has his eye on the lovely Miss Day; Lionel Jeffries plays the maitre d'hotel, and if it all seems a bit rote, that can be ascribed to its stage origins, decently opened up under the direction of Wendy Toye.
It's a fair comedy, enlivened considerably by Miss Harrison performing well outside her usual personna, with a reasonably posh accent and an attitude suited to dealing with small children, with plenty of platitudes which enrage Patrick most amusingly. Leo McKern is on hand as a Greek with a Spanish accent who also has his eye on the lovely Miss Day; Lionel Jeffries plays the maitre d'hotel, and if it all seems a bit rote, that can be ascribed to its stage origins, decently opened up under the direction of Wendy Toye.