Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)
Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series Love Thy Neighbour.
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| Directed by | John Robins |
| Produced by | Roy Skeggs |
| Written by | Harry Driver Vince Powell |
| Starring | Jack Smethurst Rudolph Walker Nina Baden-Semper Kate Williams |
| Music by | Albert Elms |
| Cinematography | Moray Grant |
| Edited by | James Needs |
Production company | Hammer Films |
| Distributed by | Anglo-EMI |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Plot
Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie are best friends as well as neighbours, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites in all things, including colour. Unbeknown to their husbands Joan and Barbie enter a Love Thy Neighbour competition to win a cruise, but are unsure how to get around the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems Joan's Mother In Law is coming to stay, and Barbie has her Father In Law Coming from Trinidad. What will Bill and Eddie do when they realise their parents get on? [1]
Cast
- Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth
- Rudolph Walker as Bill Reynolds
- Nina Baden-Semper as Barbie Reynolds
- Kate Williams as Joan Booth
- Bill Fraser as Mr. Granger
- Charles Hyatt as Joe Reynolds
- Patricia Hayes as Annie Booth
- Melvyn Hayes as Terry
- Keith Marsh as Jacko
- Tommy Godfrey as Arthur
- Azad Ali as Winston
- Arthur English as Carter
- Andria Lawrence as Norma
- Clifford Mollison as Registrar
- Lincoln Webb as Charlie
- Norman Chappell as Indian Conductor
- Anna Dawson as Betty
- Bill Pertwee as Postman
- Pamela Cundell as Dolly
- Annie Leake as Lil
- Damaris Hayman as Woman on Bus
- Siobhan Quinlan as Carol
- James Beck as Cyril
- Dan Jackson as Black Groom
- John Bindon as White Groom
- Lesley Goldie as White Bride
- Nosher Powell as Bus Driver
- Michael Sharvell-Martin as Police Constable
- Fred Griffiths as Taxi Driver
Reception
- The film was popular at the box office, being ranked the 15th most popular movie of the year in England.[2][3]
- Britmovie wrote, "this dated, politically incorrect tale of bigotries and one-upmanship is sprinkled with ignorant comments and insults that are frequently more laughable than offensive when viewed today." [4]
References
- "Love Thy Neighbour – The Movie". British Classic Comedy. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p368
- Harper, Sue (2011). British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pleasure. Edinburgh University Press. p. 270.
- "Love Thy Neighbour 1973 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Archived from the original on 23 March 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2014.