A Man's Affair

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A Man's Affair
Directed by Jay Lewis
Written byJay Lewis
Harold Stewart
Produced byJay Lewis
Starring Hamish Menzies
Cliff Gordon
Diana Decker
CinematographyNorman Johnson
Douglas Ransom
Edited byFrancis Edge
Music byJohn Bath
Production
company
Concord Productions
Distributed by Exclusive Films
Release date
  • 1949 (1949)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

A Man's Affair is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Jay Lewis and starring Hamish Menzies, Cliff Gordon and Diana Decker. [1] It was made as a second feature, and released by Exclusive Films. Both Lewis and most of his crew were former members of the Army Kinematograph Service. [2]

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The film portrays a pair of coal miners who meets some holidaying girls in the Kent resort of Ramsgate.

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References

  1. Palmer p.188
  2. Chibnall & MacFarlane p.36

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