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==Production==
Filming took place in September 1948. It happened on location in Yorkshire and at Gainsborough's studio at Shepherd's Bush.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55897059 |title=McCALLUM BACK AFTER HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)]] |volume=37, |issue=1,900 |location=South Australia |date=30 October 1948 |accessdate=11 July 2020 |page=3 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE) |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
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==Critical reception==
''Variety'' called it "feeble... valueless for the US market."<ref>[https://archive.org/details/variety174-1949-06/page/n19/mode/1up?q=%22boy+a+girl+and+a+bike%22 Review of film] at Variety</ref>


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==Critical reception==
The ''[[Radio Times]]'' gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "A minor, good-natured British comedy romance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mnydt/a-boy-a-girl-and-a-bike|title=A Boy, a Girl and a Bike - Film from RadioTimes|publisher=}}</ref>
The ''[[Radio Times]]'' gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "A minor, good-natured British comedy romance."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/mnydt/a-boy-a-girl-and-a-bike|title=A Boy, a Girl and a Bike - Film from RadioTimes|publisher=}}</ref>


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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0041203}}
* {{IMDb title|0041203}}
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a63ed4b A Boy a Girl and a Bike] at BFI

*[https://letterboxd.com/film/a-boy-a-girl-and-a-bike/ A Boy a Girl and a Bike] at Letterbox DVD
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{{Ralph Smart}}


Revision as of 10:59, 11 July 2020

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
British quad poster
Directed byRalph Smart
Screenplay byTed Willis
Story byRalph Keene
& John Sommerfield
Produced byRalph Keene
Alfred Roome
StarringJohn McCallum
Honor Blackman
Patrick Holt
Diana Dors
CinematographyRay Elton
Phil Grindrod
Edited byJames Needs
Music byKenneth Pakeman
Production
company
Distributed byGeneral Film Distributors (UK)
Release dates
  • 23 May 1949 (1949-05-23) (London, UK)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office£61,000 (by 1953)[1]

A Boy, a Girl and a Bike is a 1949 British romantic comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring John McCallum, Honor Blackman and Patrick Holt.[2] The film's art direction was by George Provis.[3] The film concerns the romantic escapades and adventures of a Yorkshire cycling club.

Plot

Young couple Sue (Honor Blackman) and Sam (Patrick Holt) are members of a Yorkshire cycling club, the ‘Wakeford Wheelers’. Romantic complications ensue when wealthy David (John McCallum) becomes smitten with Sue, and joins the club to pursue her, much to Sam's dismay.

Cast

Production

Filming took place in September 1948. It happened on location in Yorkshire and at Gainsborough's studio at Shepherd's Bush.[4]

Critical reception

Variety called it "feeble... valueless for the US market."[5]

The Radio Times gave the film two out of five stars, calling it, "A minor, good-natured British comedy romance."[6]

References

  1. ^ Andrew Spicer, Sydney Box Manchester Uni Press 2006 p 211
  2. ^ Spicer p.214
  3. ^ "A Boy, A Girl and a Bike (1949)".
  4. ^ "McCALLUM BACK AFTER HOLLYWOOD HOLIDAY". The Mail (Adelaide). Vol. 37, , no. 1, 900. South Australia. 30 October 1948. p. 3 (SUNDAY MAGAZINE). Retrieved 11 July 2020 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  5. ^ Review of film at Variety
  6. ^ "A Boy, a Girl and a Bike - Film from RadioTimes".

Bibliography

  • Spicer, Andrew. Sydney Box. Manchester University Press, 2006.

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