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Cocktails in the Kitchen

Original title: For Better, for Worse
  • 19541954
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 25m
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5.7/10
175
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Cocktails in the Kitchen (1954)
ComedyRomance
In postwar London, young graduate Tony (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and his girlfriend Anne (Susan Stephen) decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a ... Read allIn postwar London, young graduate Tony (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and his girlfriend Anne (Susan Stephen) decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newlyweds find money fearfully tight, ... Read allIn postwar London, young graduate Tony (Sir Dirk Bogarde) and his girlfriend Anne (Susan Stephen) decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newlyweds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbors a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conque... Read all
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    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • J. Lee Thompson(screenplay)
    • Peter Myers(additional dialogue)
    • Alec Grahame(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Susan Stephen
    • Cecil Parker
    • J. Lee Thompson
  • Writers
    • J. Lee Thompson(screenplay)
    • Peter Myers(additional dialogue)
    • Alec Grahame(additional dialogue)
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Susan Stephen
    • Cecil Parker
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    • 7User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Awards

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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Tony
    Susan Stephen
    Susan Stephen
    • Anne
    Cecil Parker
    Cecil Parker
    • Anne's Father
    Eileen Herlie
    Eileen Herlie
    • Anne's Mother
    Athene Seyler
    Athene Seyler
    • Miss Mainbrace
    Dennis Price
    Dennis Price
    • Debenham
    Pia Terri
    • Mrs. Debenham
    James Hayter
    James Hayter
    • The Plumber
    Thora Hird
    Thora Hird
    • Mrs. Doyle
    George Woodbridge
    George Woodbridge
    • Alf
    Charles Victor
    Charles Victor
    • Fred
    Sidney James
    Sidney James
    • The Foreman
    Peter Jones
    Peter Jones
    • The Car Dealer
    Edwin Styles
    • Anne's Boss
    Mary Law
    • Girl in Office.
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    Leonard Sharp
    • First Workman
    Dennis Wyndham
    • Second Workman
    Robin Bailey
    Robin Bailey
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      • J. Lee Thompson
    • Writers
      • J. Lee Thompson(screenplay)
      • Peter Myers(additional dialogue)
      • Alec Grahame(additional dialogue)
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    • Trivia
      Uncredited theatrical movie debut of Jocelyn Lane. Also debut of Jackie Collins,
    • Connections
      Featured in Those British Faces: A Tribute to Dennis Price 1915-1973 (1993)
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      For Better, For Worse
      by Sam Coslow

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    5/10
    Upmarket Grove Family
    In the 50s British films tried to combat the growing influence of TV.One of the first sitcoms was on BBC and was called "The Grove Family" about what would then be called a working class family.This is an upmarket version of that set in Kensington in colour.However it all falls very flat as a comedy.Firstly there is a major problem with Susan Stephen ,as she is simply not very good.It is difficult to understand the couples circumstances,where Bogarde doesn't earn enough money,Stephen sits home all day and they employ Thora Hird as a daily woman.There are all sorts of well known faces coming and going through this film but alas they do not enliven what is a very forced farce.Bogarde would of course have a very successful career ahead of him whilst Stephen would soon slip into obscurity.
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      • June 20, 1955 (United States)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Associated British Studios, Elstree, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
      • Kenneth Harper Production
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