Father Dear Father (1973)

Spin-off movie version of the British sitcom of the same name.

Director:

William G. Stewart

Writers:

Johnnie Mortimer (screenplay), Brian Cooke (screenplay)

Stars:

Patrick Cargill, Natasha Pyne, Ann Holloway

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Cargill	...	Patrick Glover
Natasha Pyne	...	Anna Glover
Ann Holloway	...	Karen Glover
Noel Dyson	...	Nanny (as Noël Dyson)
Joyce Carey	...	Mother
Joseph O'Conor	...	Vicar
Richard O'Sullivan	...	Richard
Ursula Howells	...	Barbara
Jack Watling	...	Bill Mossman
Jill Melford	...	Georgie Thompson
Beryl Reid	...	Mrs. Stoppard
Donald Sinden	...	Philip Glover
Clifton Jones	...	Larry
Elizabeth Adare	...	Maggie
James Appleby	...	Policeman

Storyline

Spin-off movie version of the British sitcom of the same name.

---

Plot Keywords:

father daughter relationship | based on tv series

---

Taglines:

Big Screen Fun - Big Screen Laughter. The Big Screen 'Father Dear Father!'

---

Genres:

Comedy

---

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

May 1973 (UK)

Also Known As:

O apithanos... kyrios Patrick

Filming Locations:

Elstree Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sedgemoor Productions Ltd., M.M. Film Productions Ltd., Thames Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

As can be glimpsed from his study bookcase, Patrick Glover's bibliography includes "The Swizzlestick Murders", "Solo Fiddle", "Matricide in Macao", "Hot Line", "Rod of Anger", "The Corpse", "Mopery in Memphis" and "The Naked Fandango".

---

Goofs

Outside the church after the wedding service, the amount of confetti on Patrick, Georgie and particularly Richard varies greatly between shots.

---

Connections

References The Sound of Music (1965)

---

Soundtracks

"Romeo and Juliet Overture-Fantasia: Love Theme"
(uncredited)
Composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

User Reviews

Christmas annual

A lot of 70s comedy series were turned into 'one off' feature length films with varying degrees of success, for some years now the BBC have been showing these films in the dead time between Christmas and the New year. I think father dear father is one of the better efforts and well worth a look if you are weighed down by the excesses of the festivities so much that still can't lift yourself off the settee in the week after Christmas. The theme of the movie and the TV series is a widowed father (Patrick Cargill) looking after his two rebellious teenage daughters, played by the gorgeous Natasha Pyne and Ann Holloway, plus his attempts to find romance in his own confused personal life. The film and the 'victorian father' attitude portrayed (for laughs) will appear very dated now but probably actually reflected our society pretty accurately back in the early 70s, even down to his threats to administer a spanking to his morally wayward children even though the girls must have been about 25 at the time! Unfortunately he didn't carry out his threat.