The Pleasure Garden

People quietly or mischievously pass the time in an overgrown garden full of statues, while a puritanical, funereal gentleman posts bills prohibiting all leisure activities.

Cast

Lindsay Anderson

as Michael-Angelico

John Le Mesurier

as Col. Gargoyle

Hattie Jacques

as Mrs. Albion

Jill Bennett

as Miss Kellerman

Maxine Audley

as Lady Ennui

Hilary Mackendrick

as Miss Wheeling

Diana Maddox

as Bess

Jean Anderson

as Aunt Minerva

Derek Hart

as Lord Ennui

Reviews

CinemaSerf

There's something quite surreal about this quirky short film from James Broughton. It's all centred around an overgrown London park where the part-time warden/undertaker "Col. Gargoyle" (John Le Mesurier) spends his entire time putting up signs telling people what to do and what not to do - all the ...

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