Friends and Neighbours

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Friends and Neighbours
"Friends and Neighbours" (1959).jpg
Original UK quad poster
Directed by Gordon Parry
Written by Talbot Rothwell
Val Valentine
Austin Steele (play)
Produced byBertram Ostrer
Starring Arthur Askey
Megs Jenkins
Peter Illing
Cinematography Arthur Grant
Edited by Bill Lenny
Music by Philip Green
Release date
  • November 1959 (1959-11)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Plot

At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.

Cast

Reception

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

  1. ↑ "Friends and Neighbours". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
  2. ↑ BFI.org
  3. ↑ "Friends and Neighbours". The Monthly Film Bulletin . 26 (300): 158. 1 January 1959. ProQuest   1305824156.
  4. ↑ 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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