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11/02/1964 Comedy 1h 31m
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Overview

When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up themselves. But when the cottage proves to be more ramshackle than they thought, and the scale of the repairs needed far out of their budget, the newlyweds are forced into calling on Juliet's father after all. Before long he's employed incompetent builder Josh Wicks, and the situation goes from bad to worse.

  1. Peter Graham Scott

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Robertson Justice

    Sir Beverley Grant

  2. Leslie Phillips

    Mr. Roddy Chipfield

  3. Stanley Baxter

    Dexter Munro

  4. Sally Smith

    Juliet Munro

  5. Eric Barker

    Mr. Gallagher

  6. Kenneth Cope

    Ron

  7. Terry Scott

    Actor Playing Executioner

  8. Hugh Lloyd

    Actor Playing Mary, Queen of Scots

  9. Fred Emney

    Actor Playing Sir Francis Drake

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-12-02
I think this might be described as a film that didn't quite realise the sum of it's parts. A strong British comedy line up, but a rather thin plot and comedy that bordered just a bit too much on slapstick for my liking. "Sally" (Julie Munro) and "Dexter" (Stanley Baxter) are newlyweds trying to - thriftily - do up their rather ramshackle cottage that they bought from "Chipfield" (Leslie Philips). Enter her father, the wealthy and somewhat domineering "Sir Beverley" who imposes himself on the young couple - and on their wily builders - with predictably disastrous results. It is probably half an...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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