

Folly to Be Wise
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Cast

Alastair Sim
Capt. William Paris

Elizabeth Allan
Angela Prout

Roland Culver
George Prout

George Cole
Soldier in Brains Trust audience

Colin Gordon
Professor Mutch

Martita Hunt
Lady Dodd

Janet Brown
Jessie

Peter Martyn
Walter

Miles Malleson
Dr. Hector McAdam

Edward Chapman
Joseph Byres M.P.

Cyril Chamberlain
Drill Sergeant

Michael Ripper
Drill Corporal

Robin Bailey
Intellectual Corporal
Michael Kelly
Staff Sergeant
Patrick Westwood
Soldier in Pub
Storyline
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
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