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The Lovers!
The Lovers!
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The Lovers!

1973
1h 28m
Comedy
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1973

Runtime

1h 28m

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Storyline

"I've heard it called some things, but Percy Filth just takes the biscuit"

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 28m
Jan 1, 1973
Languages
English
Director
Herbert Wise
Herbert Wise
Production
British Lion Films
British Lion Films
Production Countries
United Kingdom

Top Cast

18 Cast Members

Richard Beckinsale

Richard Beckinsale

Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Paula Wilcox

Paula Wilcox

Beryl Battersby

Susan Littler

Susan Littler

Sandra

Rosalind Ayres

Rosalind Ayres

Veronica

Anthony Naylor

Neville

Nikolas Simmonds

Roland

Joan Scott

Beryl's Mum

Stella Moray

Geoffrey's Mum

John Comer

John Comer

Geoffrey's Dad

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

Enid

Bruce Watt

Jeremy

Paul Greenwood

Paul Greenwood

Trainee Manager

Bernard Latham

'Handsome'

Karen Ford

Foreign Girl

James Snell

James Snell

Doctor

Mary Henry

Jumble Sale Woman

Ian Gray

Bookstall Assistant

Serena

Stripper

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