Complete credited cast: | |||
Yvonne Mitchell | ... | Amy | |
Anthony Quayle | ... | Jim | |
Sylvia Syms | ... | Georgie | |
Andrew Ray | ... | Brian | |
Carole Lesley | ... | Hilda | |
Michael Ripper | ... | Pawnbroker | |
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Nora Gordon | ... | Mrs. Williams |
Marianne Stone | ... | Hairdresser | |
Olga Lindo | ... | Manageress | |
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Harry Locke | ... | Wine Merchant |
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Max Butterfield | ... | Harold |
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Roberta Woolley | ... | Christine |
Melvyn Hayes | ... | Newsboy | |
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Cordelia Monsey | ... | Hilda's Baby (as Cordelia Mitchell) |
Amy and Jim Preston have been married for twenty years but, in her husband's eyes, she has become sloppy both about the house and herself. Jim has no problems with falling in love with Georgie Harlow, a fellow-office worker who is pretty and young, and willing. Jim finally asks Amy for a divorce so he can marry Georgie, and Amy pleads for him to stay, but he walks out. He soon realizes that he can't go through with the desertion of Amy and their teenage son, Brian, and returns home. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>
This film from 1957 warns married women that too much devotion to husband & family often rebounds as they may often be tempted to take you for granted and start treating you like an unpaid servant.The trend now is for intelligent married women to have some "me time" which could involve developing their hobbies, pastimes interests & travelling on their own.Married women in 1957 were not so independent and relied too much on their husbands for emotional support and for material comforts.Of course today in 2018 the woman's movement has done a lot to help their own sex and with two female prime ministers, equal sexual rights legislation, and has changed a great deal for women over the last 60 years.Yvonne Mitchell's character is not well educated but always means well in dealing with her family.She is disorganised and inefficient which seems to cause great frustration to Anthony Quaile who plays her husband and who feels life has been slipping away from him and feels impelled to seek an office affair with his secretary (played by Sylvia Sims) at the firm of timber importers at which they both work.Young Andrew Ray (son of comic Ted Ray) plays their son who is caught in the middle of his parents marital strife.I rated this wholly British produced B&W film 7/10 which I saw on "Talking Pictures" channel 81 tonight.