A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.
as The Rev. John Smallwood
as Archdeacon Aspinall
as Lady Despard
as The Other Smallwood
as Simpson
as Matthew Robinson
as Harry Smith
as Rene Smith
as Winnie Smith
as Mrs Smith-Gould
as Major Fowler
as Fred Smith
as Wilson, Prison Officer
as Housewife
as Bank Manager
as Butcher
as Rev. Owen Thomas
as Sir Geoffrey Despard
as Prison Governor
as Prime Minister
as Council Official
as Himself
as Cleric
as Shop Steward
as DG Assistant
as Deaf Man
as Bishop Rockeby
as DG
as Tranquilax Executive
as Miss Palmer
as Tramp
as Store Manager
as Housewife (uncredited)
as Reporter at Space Launch Site (uncredited)
as Milkfloat Driver (uncredited)
as Jack (uncredited)
as Man Buying Groceries (uncredited)
as Launch Site Worker (uncredited)
