Vice Versa

Vice Versa is a 1948 British comedy film written and directed by Peter Ustinov. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1882 novel of the same name by F. Anstey. The film was produced by Two Cities Films and distributed by General Film Distributors. The plot was updated and Americanized for a 1988 version with the same title starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. The 1972 novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers, which itself was adapted for the sc... more

Vice Versa is a 1948 British comedy film written and directed by Peter Ustinov. It is the third screen adaptation of the 1882 novel of the same name by F. Anstey. The film was produced by Two Cities Films and distributed by General Film Distributors. The plot was updated and Americanized for a 1988 version with the same title starring Judge Reinhold and Fred Savage. The 1972 novel Freaky Friday by Mary Rodgers, which itself was adapted for the screen in 1976 and 2003, is a variation of the same theme. During the British Raj, unscrupulous Marmaduke Paradine steals the Garuda Stone, the magical eye of an Indian idol, which grants one wish to each possessor. He had been warned that the thief of the stone would have bad luck; convinced by the time he returns to England, he gives it to his former brother-in-law, widower Paul Bultitude. Paul, a wealthy stockbroker, cannot understand why his eldest son Dick is reluctant to return to boarding school after a holiday. Paul recalls the carefree... less