Three Men and a Little Lady

Three Men and a Little Lady is a 1990 American comedy film, and a sequel to Three Men and a Baby (1987). Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg and Ted Danson reprise the leading roles. It was distributed by Touchstone Pictures.

Plot
The three men -- Jack, Michael and Peter -- are living with Mary, who is now five, and her mother Sylvia. The group is split up when Sylvia announces that she is getting married to an Englishman and that she and her future husband intend to move to England after the wedding, taking Mary with them.

Peter and Michael (joined later by Jack) travel to the wedding, where Peter realizes that Sylvia's fiancé, Edward, intends to pack Mary off to a boarding school (Pileforth Academy) as he has no real interest in her. Edward denies everything and Sylvia refuses to believe Peter, knowing he has disliked Edward from the beginning.

An attraction between Peter and Sylvia is nevertheless growing, something he refuses to acknowledge. Peter breaks into Pileforth in an attempt to get proof of Edward's scheme to send Mary there. He is discovered by the headmistress, Miss Elspeth Lomax, who says she has been told by Edward that Peter is in love with her. She begins to take her clothes off and tries to have sex with him, but Peter manages to get away and later explains to her that Edward made up the fact that he had feelings for her, but apologizes for the misunderstanding.

Peter, with help from Miss Lomax, heads off to stop the wedding. To cause a delay, Michael has kidnapped the vicar and Jack disguises himself as an elderly replacement vicar.

Peter and Miss Lomax arrive at the church after numerous delays. He confronts Sylvia with the truth, Miss Lomax herself confirming that Edward has been lying. Sylvia confronts the groom and Edward admits the truth but it is too late -- they are already married. Or so it would seem.... until Jack reveals himself to everyone. Not only has Jack finally proved his acting skills, but the marriage is null and void.

Sylvia declares her intention to go home, but Peter stops her and declares his love. The two marry with Mary as their bridesmaid.

Production
Filmed on location in New York and England, the scenes in England were primarily shot in Banbury in north Oxfordshire. Particular use is made of Broughton Castle. The scenes where the car has broken down and Peter makes a call from a phone box are shot at Burton Dassett Country Park, in south Warwickshire. The school which Mary was to attend (Pileforth Academy) was shot at two locations. The external shot of the school is the Jesuit boarding school Stonyhurst College in the Ribble Valley, Lancashire. The internal scenes of the school were shot at the (former) Benedictine boarding school Douai Abbey near Thatcham, West Berkshire.

Cast

 * Tom Selleck as Peter Mitchell


 * Steve Guttenberg as Michael Kellam


 * Ted Danson as Jack Holden


 * Nancy Travis as Sylvia Bennington


 * Christopher Cazenove as Edward Hargreave


 * Fiona Shaw as Miss Lomax


 * Robin Weisman as Mary Bennington


 * John Boswall as Barrow, Edward's butler


 * Sheila Hancock as Vera Bennington