Alistair Sim’s Innocents In Paris Getting A Restored Vintage Classics Release

Vintage Classics Collection is the gift that keeps giving from Studiocanal. Fans of classic British cinema  this brand is must go to and they will be releasing newly-restored version of the British comedy classic, Innocents In Paris. Available to own on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD from May and on VOD from June.

Directed by Gordon Parry (Third Time Lucky, Now Barabbas) and starring Alastair Sim (School for Scoundrels, The Green Man).

This cinematic love letter to 1950s Paris nightlife features an outstanding supporting cast, including Ronald Shiner (They Drive by Night), Claire Bloom (Clash of The Titans, The Kings Speech), Margaret Rutherford (The Happiest Days of Your Life), Claude Dauphin (Barbarella, The quiet American), Jimmy Edwards (The Bed Sitting Room, Three Men in A Boat), James Copeland (The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes) also cameos from Kenneth Williams (The Carry On series), Laurence Harvey (The Manchurian Candidate, Room at The Top) and Christopher Lee (The Wicker Man, The Lord of The Rings).

Watch this clip from the film which has the legend that is Alastair Sim…

INNOCENTS IN PARIS features a motley collection of British tourists on a wild and wonderful weekend in Paris, with each character finding that the city welcomes them and changes their lives in different ways.

An English diplomat (Alastair Sim) is on a working trip to obtain an agreement with his Russian counterpart; a Royal Marine bandsman (Ronald Shiner) has a night out on the tiles after winning a pool of the French currency held by all the Marines in his band; a young woman (Claire Bloom) is wined and dined by an older Parisian man (Claude Dauphin) who gives her a tour of Paris; an amateur artist (Margaret Rutherford) searches out fellow painters on the Left Bank and in the Louvre; a hearty Englishman (Jimmy Edwards) spends the entire weekend in an English-style pub; an archetypal Scotsman and Battle of Normandy veteran (James Copeland) finds love with a young French woman.

Innocents In Paris will be available to own on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD from 2nd May and VOD from 9th June. Released by Studiocanal as part of there Vintage Classics Collection.