Wonderful Things

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.

Cast

Frankie Vaughan

as Carmello

Jeremy Spenser

as Mario

Jocelyn Lane

as Pepita

Wilfrid Hyde-White

as Sir Bertram

Jean Dawnay

as Anne

Eddie Byrne

as Harry

Harold Kasket

as Poppa

Christopher Rhodes

as Codger

Cyril Chamberlain

as Butler

Barbara Goalen

as Courtesy Appearance

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