Friends and Neighbours
| Friends and Neighbours | |
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| Directed by | Gordon Parry |
| Written by | Talbot Rothwell Val Valentine Austin Steele (play) |
| Produced by | Bertram Ostrer |
| Starring | Arthur Askey Megs Jenkins Peter Illing |
| Cinematography | Arthur Grant |
| Edited by | Bill Lenny |
| Music by | Philip Green |
Release date |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Friends and Neighbours is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins and Peter Illing.[1][2] It was written by Talboth Rothwell and Val Valentine based on the play of the same title by Austin Steele.
Plot
[edit]At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.
Cast
[edit]- Arthur Askey as Albert Grimshaw
- Megs Jenkins as Lily Grimshaw
- Peter Illing as Nukita
- Tilda Thamar as Olga
- Reginald Beckwith as Wilf Holmes
- June Whitfield as Doris Holmes
- Danny Ross as Sebastian Green
- Catherine Feller as Susan Grimshaw
- Jess Conrad as Buddy Fisher
- George A. Cooper as George Wheeler
- Max Robertson as TV announcer
- Arthur Howard as Rev. Dobson
- Eynon Evans as Shopkeeper
- Linda Castle as Gloria Stockwell
- Ken Parry as Sid
- Steven Scott as bus superintendent
- Richard Walter as bus inspector
- Donald Bisset as porter
- Anatole Smirnoff as Russian embassy official
- Laurence Herder as 1st Russian
- Paul Bogdan as 2nd Russian
- Alan Scott as 3rd Russian
- Dudley Jones as Sam
- Robert Checksfield as policeman
- Ruth Kettlewell as woman in club
- Camilla Hasse as 1st girl
- Julia Sutton as 2nd girl
- Pauline Shepherd as 3rd girl
- Judy Cornwell as 4th girl
Reception
[edit]The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "Arthur Askey's improvisation atones somewhat for the paucity of wit and ideas in this ingenuous piece of broad knockabout; the targets – pubs and shop hours Act anomalies and cricket – are attacked with zest rather than originality."[3]
In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Vigorous farce along old-fashioned lines."[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Friends and Neighbours". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ BFI.org
- ^ "Friends and Neighbours". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 26 (300): 158. 1 January 1959 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Quinlan, David (1984). British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. p. 312. ISBN 0-7134-1874-5.
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