Laughter in Paradise

In this briskly-paced comedy a famed prankster kicks the bucket and leaves each of four relatives $140,000 on the condition that each recipient perform a special task before receiving their inheritance. He assigns his bossy, haughty sister to spend nearly a month as a maid. His cousin, a writer of pulp crime novels is assigned to spend the same amount of time in prison. The deceased tells a milque-toast bank clerk that he will not receive his portion unless he robs his employer. Finally the practical joker offers a portion to a carefree womanizer on the stipulation that he marry the first girl he meets. Released in 1951, Laughter in Paradise was Britain's top-grossing film. Watch carefully and see a young Audry Hepburn in a bit part as a cigarette girl.