History Film / LaughterInParadise

* GetIntoJailFree: Captain Russell has to get himself arrested and jailed for 28 days [[OnOneCondition in order to inherit £50,000 from his cousin Henry's estate]]. Following a prolonged CantGetInTroubleForNuthin sequence where he repeatedly attempts to get arrested and fails, he is finally arrested when he breaks a shop window. However, once in court, the magistrate is prepared to let him go because of his previous good character. Russell resorts to insulting the magistrate until he sentences him to 28 days for contempt of court.

* MarriageOfConvenience: [[OneOneCondition In order to inherit £50,000]], Simon Russell, a penniless womanising con man, has to marry the first single woman he speaks to.

* ShesGotLegs: The first thing HandsomeLech Simon Russell notices about Lucille Grayson is her legs when she has her head under the bonnet of her car.

* CourtroomAntic: Deniston's secretary Sheila--who is secretly in love with him--insists on being a witness at his trial. Her passionate defence of him contributes almost nothing to the case (save to prove that he does actually have an occupation), and confuses and frustrates the magistrate no end.

''Laughter in Paradise'' is a British comedy film released in 1951. The film stars Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole and Guy Middleton. The film also includes an early appearance of Creator/AudreyHepburn. The film was remade as ''Some Will, Some Won't'' (1970).

* ThatCameOutWrong: During her spirited defence of Captain Russell in the courtroom, Shelia declares "This is bloody justice!"; earning her a shocked look from the magistrate. She then holds up a one of Russell's novels--a western titled ''Bloody Justice''--that she was referring to in order to prove he had an occupation.

* CigaretteGirl: Creator/AudreyHepburn makes one of her earliest film appearances as a cigarette girl at Simon's club, and the girl that Simon ''should'' have proposed to had he been adhering to rules of Henry's will.

* CantGetInTroubleForNuthin: Captain Russell has to spend 28 days in jail in order to inherit 50,000 pounds. He makes numerous attempts to get arrested for minor offences and fails in all of them. For example, he very obviously shoplifts only for a pickpocket to steal the loot off him seconds before he's nabbed by the store detectives.

* ExactWords: When Helen and her father [[MistakenForSpies mistakenly assume that Captain Russell is undertaking a secret mission for the government]], he decides not to disabuse them of the notions. He very carefully answers all of their questions in such a way that it sounds like he is a secret agent, when, in fact, he is going to jail for a month, but without actually lying. For example, he tells them that the government will be paying all of his expenses while he is away, and carefully using the word 'away' rather than 'overseas' or 'abroad'.

* GetIntoJailFree: Captain Russell has to get himself arrested and jailed for 28 days [[OnOneCondition in order to inherit 50,000 pounds from his cousin Henry's estate]]. Following a prolonged CantGetInTroubleForNuthin sequence where he repeatedly attempts to get arrested and fails, he is finally arrested when he breaks a shop window. However, once in court, the magistrate is prepared to let him go because of his previous good character. Russell resorts to insulting the magistrate until he sentences him to 28 days for contempt of court.

* ThatCameOutWrong: During her spirited defence of Captain Russell in the courtroom, Shelia declares "This is bloody justice!"; earning her a shocked look from the magistrate. She then holds up a one of Russell's novels--a western titled ''Bloody Justice''--that was referring to in order to prove he had an occupation.