The Reluctant Debutante

The Reluctant Debutante

1958 | 1h 36m | Comedy, Drama | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

Americanized Jane Broadbent is pushed into London high society. Her parents have set a match between Jane and handsome, young bachelor David Fenner. But Jane has eyes only for the orchestra's drummer, much to the consternation of her parents.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Vincente Minnelli

CAST

Rex Harrison

Kay Kendall

John Saxon

Sandra Dee

Angela Lansbury

Peter Myers

PRODUCERS

Pandro S. Berman

WRITERS

William Home

Host Intros

01:52
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Reluctant Debutante (1958)
Intro Aired: Jun 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Reluctant Debutante, 1958.

Related Videos

03:04
Reluctant Debutante, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Married To A Banker
Clip
Lord Broadbent (Rex Harrison) and second wife Sheila (Kay Kendall, Harrison's wife) have just picked up his daughter Jane (Sandra Dee) at the airport when relative Mabel (Angela Lansbury) and daughter Clarissa (Diane Clare) pounce, in The Reluctant Debutante, 1958.
03:34
Reluctant Debutante, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Gigolo
Clip
Bored at the first London ball of the season, Lord Jimmy (Rex Harrison) meets unattached David (John Saxon), whom he introduces to his daughter Jane (Sandra Dee), as she chats with his wife Sheila (Kay Kendall, the real Mrs. Harrison), in Vincente Minnelli's The Reluctant Debutante, 1958.
03:20
Reluctant Debutante, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) The Season
Clip
Director Vincente Minnelli's opening, London banker Lord Broadbent (Rex Harrison) anticipating his teenage daughter (pictured Sandra Dee) and receiving his second wife Sheila (Harrison's wife, Kay Kendall), in The Reluctant Debutante, 1958.
02:23
Reluctant Debutante, The - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
British parents try to prepare their Americanized daughter for her social debut in The Reluctant Debutante (1958).

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