The Admirable Crichton (1957)
 Lord
Loam (Cecil Parker) is a peer of one of England' stately homes who
takes his three daughters on a yachting cruise with a few friends
and some domestic staff.
The group are ship-wrecked and marooned on an uncharted desert
island and dig themselves in awaiting rescue.
The impeccable butler, Crichton (Kenneth More), is obliged to
take complete control because of the inefficiency and inexperience
of the other castaways.
He now gives the orders rather than receiving them, and
establishes himself as benevolent dictator.
The eldest of the three daughters, Lady Mary (Sally Ann Howes),
falls in love with Crichton, as does the family maidservant Tweeny
(Diane Cilento).
The party are eventually rescued and return to England and
Crichton reverts to his original role as servant. With a
relationship with Lady Mary now an embarrassing social
impossibility, Crichton packs his bags and moves away with Tweeny.
Although More lacks the accepted stature of an English butler,
his personality makes a more human and sympathetic figure of the
servant who has a firmer sense of snob values than his master.
Known as Paradise Lagoon in the USA.
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