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Friends and Neighbours

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Friends and Neighbours
Original UK quad poster
Directed byGordon Parry
Written byTalbot Rothwell
Val Valentine
Austin Steele (play)
Produced byBertram Ostrer
StarringArthur Askey
Megs Jenkins
Peter Illing
CinematographyArthur Grant
Edited byBill Lenny
Music byPhilip Green
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
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.

Plot

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

Cast

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Reception

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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]

References

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  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 – via ProQuest.
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