Plot[]
One of the directors is retiring from the Board due to ill health, and Mr. Rumbold is being considered for the position. If he gets the position, Captain Peacock will take over from him, and Mr. Grainger and Mrs. Slocombe both want to replace Peacock. Meanwhile, Mr. Humphries reveals he can read palms and when he reads Captain Peacock's it leads the staff to believe he and Rumbold will both be promoted, while Mrs. Slocombe's palm says she will have a man at her feet.
Cast[]
- Mollie Sugden as Mrs. Betty Slocombe
- Trevor Bannister as Mr. Dick Lucas
- Frank Thornton as Captain Stephen Peacock
- John Inman as Mr. Wilberforce Clayborne Humphries
- Wendy Richard as Miss Shirley Brahms
- Arthur Brough as Mr. Ernest Grainger
- Nicholas Smith as Mr. Cuthbert Rumbold
- Larry Martyn as Mr. Mash
- Harold Bennett as Young Mr. Grace
- Nina Francis as Miss Ainsworth
- Ric Young as Mr. Kato (as Eric Young)
- Therese McMurray as Lady Customer (as Thérèse McMurray)