Cornelius wrote It Always Rains on Sunday and directed Passport to Pimlico and Genevieve. He died young (44) and this is his last film, derived from a Paul Gallico story of some spurious idea about time stopping on a trans-ocean liner (the actual QE2) called 'The Enchanted Hour'.
Combination of location photography, colour and More would have pleased audiences.
Trades slightly on the eccentric British inventor stereotype, and the recreation of industrial plant in his cabin is great to see, but absolutely wasted in plot terms. Reasonably diverting and funny however and featuring Betsy Drake, Roland Culver, Reginald Beckwith, Harry Green, Patrick Barr and small parts for Sid James, John Laurie, Irene Handl, Raymond Huntley and Joss Ackland (uncredited).
Not bad credits at all with fine score (Georges Auric), photography (Freddie Francis, Eastmancolor) and editing (Peter Hunt).
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