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Director:

Roy Boulting

Writers:

Bill Naughton (play)
Bill Naughton (screenplay)

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Release Date:

8 February 1968 (Denmark) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance more

Tagline:

A girl, a boy, a tender, funny, terrible wedding night. more

Plot:

Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, who's marriage has yet to be consummated. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

5 wins more

User Comments:

There's nowt as queer as folk more (21 total)


Cast

  (Credited cast)
Hayley Mills ... Jenny Fitton
Hywel Bennett ... Arthur Fitton

John Mills ... Ezra Fitton
Marjorie Rhodes ... Lucy Fitton
Avril Angers ... Liz Piper
John Comer ... Leslie Piper
Barry Foster ... Joe Thompson
Wilfred Pickles ... Uncle Fred
Liz Fraser ... Molly Thompson
Andy Bradford ... Eddie (as Andrew Bradford)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hazel Bainbridge ... Mrs. Bell
Helen Booth ... Mrs. Lee
Fanny Carby ... Mrs. Stone
Diana Coupland ... Mrs. Rose
Lesley Daine ... Dora
Colin Gordon ... Mr. Hutton
Ruth Gower ... Mrs. Pike
Murray Head ... Geoffrey Fitton
Margaret Lacey ... Mrs. Harris
Harry Locke ... Mr. Stubbs
Maureen O'Reilly ... Miss Hunt
Robin Parkinson ... Mr. Phillips
Ruth Trouncer ... Marriage Counsellor
Thorley Walters ... The Vicar
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Additional Details

Runtime:

115 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11 | UK:AA (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating)

Company:

Jambox more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

This film won every Award it was nominated for. more

Quotes:

[last lines]
Ezra Fitton: That's life, son. At your age it'll make you laugh but one day it'll make you bloody cry!
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001) more


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11 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
There's nowt as queer as folk, 16 December 2000
Author: chris.murray3 from mirfield, west yorkshire

A late entry to the British kitchen sink cycle, which suggests that if there was one thing that the upstanding, chapel going, gossipping classes disapproved of more than sex before marriage, then it was failing to fulfill one's conjugal duties afterwards. Which is unfortunate for a willing, but unable, Hywell Bennett and his virginal bride, portrayed by a divine Hayley Mills. Bennett is good, and Mills is suitably wide eyed and adorable, which in fairness is all the script really asks of her, but the film belongs to the senior cast members. John Mills, ironically portraying his real life daughter's father-in-law, succeeds in being comical and pathetic yet immensely noble, and Marjorie Rhodes is equally compelling as his wife, who loves, yet at times, quietly loathes him. The Family Way is a touching and amusing look at the social mores of Northern England circa the mid-sixties, and a chance to see Hayley Mills' bare bottom!

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