A Yank in Ermine is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs from his own novel Solid! Said the Earl. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios and on location around Turville in Buckinghamshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ray Simm. The film includes the song "Honey, You Can't Love Two", sung by Decker and written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle.
Plot
An American airman (Thompson) inherits from a distant cousin the title of Earl and a house and estate in an English village. Although he is initially reluctant, his fiancé (Decker) encourages him to accept it, after she hears how much the estate is worth. When he arrives in England with his two buddies (Pertwee and Lloyd Jr.), he falls for the daughter (Middleton) of the owner of the neighbouring estate - but she is also engaged to be married.
Cast
Peter Thompson as Joe Turner
Noelle Middleton as Angela
Harold Lloyd Jr. as Butch
Diana Decker as Gloria
Jon Pertwee as Slowburn
Reginald Beckwith as Kimp
Edward Chapman as Duke of Fontenham
Richard Wattis as Boone
Guy Middleton as Bertram
Harry Locke as Clayton
Alan Gifford as Col. M'Gurk
Joanna Gay as Mabel
Jennifer Jayne as Enid
Patrick Connor as Orderly
George Woodbridge as Landlord
Alice Bowes as Shopkeeper
Stewart Mitchell as Sentry
John McLaren as Corporal
Sid James as Nightclub Manager
George Hilsdon as Alf Lewis
Aileen Lewis as Dancer in Nightclub
Critical reception
In the Radio Times, David Parkinson wrote "What few bright moments there are come from the late Jon Pertwee, who, fittingly, made his film debut in A Yank at Oxford, and Harold Lloyd Jr, the son of the silent screen legend."