To Dorothy a Son

To Dorothy a Son
U.S. half sheet poster
Directed byMuriel Box
Written byPeter Rogers
Based onTo Dorothy, a Son by Roger MacDougall
Produced byPeter Rogers
Ben Schrift
StarringShelley Winters
John Gregson
Peggy Cummins
Wilfrid Hyde-White
CinematographyErnest Steward
H. A. R. Thomson
Edited byAlfred Roome
Music byLambert Williamson
Production
company
Welbeck Films
Distributed byIndependent Film Distributors
Release date
  • 29 November 1954 (1954-11-29)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£104,557 (UK)[1]

To Dorothy a Son (U.S. title: Cash on Delivery) is a black and white 1954 British comedy film in the form of a farce directed by Muriel Box[2] and starring Shelley Winters, John Gregson and Peggy Cummins.[3][4] It was written by Peter Rogers based on the 1950 play To Dorothy, a Son by Roger MacDougall. It was distributed in America by RKO Pictures in January 1956.[5]

  1. ^ Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p 504
  2. ^ "Shooting on location a scene for 'To Dorothy, A Son' (including Ernest Steward; Muriel Box and Barbara Wainwright) - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ "To Dorothy a Son". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 6 October 2024.
  4. ^ "To Dorothy, A Son (1954)". BFI. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Cash on Delivery: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved 2 June 2014.