Pardon My French

Pardon My French

She's learning to kiss... with a FRENCH ACCENT!

NR 1951 · 82 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy, Romance

A Boston school teacher fights with a group of impoverished Frenchmen for possession of an inherited château. Elizabeth Rockwell is indignant when she finds her château filled with squatters, a widower with five messy children, who have no regard for private property rights.

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus · Written by Roland Kibbee

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