In this British kitchen-sink style drama, a bored housewife (June Ritchie) living in a run-down inner city London house begins an affair with her mother's lodger (Ian Hendry), who lives next... Read allIn this British kitchen-sink style drama, a bored housewife (June Ritchie) living in a run-down inner city London house begins an affair with her mother's lodger (Ian Hendry), who lives next door.In this British kitchen-sink style drama, a bored housewife (June Ritchie) living in a run-down inner city London house begins an affair with her mother's lodger (Ian Hendry), who lives next door.
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- TriviaRather incongruously for what is essentially a serious drama, composer Eric Rogers re-uses a number of music cues from his work on the 'Carry On' series.
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Margery Graham: Must you use a tea cloth, Sid? There's a towel over there. And isn't it about time you had a bath?
Margery Graham: [they sit down to eat] Must you sit in your vest?
Sid Graham: Nice to be home , innit?
Margery Graham: Home? More like a hovel. And you make it worse sitting there like that.
Sid Graham: Had a hard day at the shop, have you? I can always tell.
Margery Graham: I don't seem to have any appetite.
Sid Graham: 'Ere, tell you what we'll do; go down the Wellington, 'ave a noggin together. That'll bring the old sparkle back. Mum can babysit. She likes watching the telly.
Margery Graham: That stinking pub's your answer to every problem isn't it? That's all you think about - beer and darts.
Sid Graham: Now, leave off will you, Marge? You've been picking on me ever since I came in. A fella's entitled to a bit of peace...
Margery Graham: Oh, and I'm not entitled to anything, I suppose. Well I'm sick of living here and I'm sick of that crummy pub and I'm sick of the people we have to mix with. Sick! Sick! Oh, God, I'm so sick of it.
Sid Graham: Take it easy, doll. Look, we'll soon be out of it. I promised I'd find a better job and Old Sid never goes back on a promise, you know that. We'll really save this time. In fact I'll start now. That's the last packet I'll ever buy
[he throws his cigarettes away]
Sid Graham: .
Margery Graham: There's some pudding in the oven, Sid.
[she exits and climbs the stairs]
Sid Graham: [he calls after her] Don't be upset. Maybe, we'll get a place on one of those new estates. With a garage an' all.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Undergrunnen (1966)
When I last saw this film on the occasion of it's only screening on BBC2 as the Midnight Movie on the night of 11 June 1977 it was less than fifteen years old and already seemed a period piece. Hendry (still a familiar face on TV) had long since become old and haggard compared to the dashing young fellow he then was. Now he's been dead nearly thirty years and John Hurt - who here looks barely old enough to shave - would be eighty were he still with us. But the film still lives!
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- Dette er min gate
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- Havelock Terrace, Battersea, London, Greater London, England, UK(Harry drives off and leaves Margery by the Pavilion Pub)
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1