What Every Woman Wants (1954 film)

What Every Woman Wants
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Produced by	David Dent
Written by	Talbot Rothwell
Based on	play Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis
Starring	William Sylvester Elsie Albiin Brenda De Banzie
Music by	Edwin Astley
Cinematography	Wilkie Cooper
Edited by	Robert Jordan Hill
Production company	David Dent Productions (as Advance)
Distributed by	Adelphi Films Ltd. (UK)
Release dates	10 June 1954 (London) (UK)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

What Every Woman Wants is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring William Sylvester, Elsie Albiin and Brenda De Banzie.^[1] It was based on a play Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis.^[2] A large extended family gather together in a small overcrowded house in the English Midlands.

Cast

William Sylvester - Jim Barnes
Elsie Albiin - Jane
Brenda De Banzie - Sarah
Patric Doonan - Mark
Dominic Roche - Bill
Joan Hickson - Polly Ann
Brian Rix - Herbert
Joan Sims - Doll
Beckett Bould - Tom
Prunella Scales - Mary
Douglas Ives - Sam
Edwin Richfield - Frank

Critical reception

TV Guide rated the film two out of five stars, and noted "a realistic drama," in which,"housing shortages and unemployment, both delicate problems in England at the time, are treated in an effective, unpreachy manner." ^[3]

References

↑ "What Every Woman Wants (1954)". BFI.
↑ "The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film". google.co.uk.
↑ "What Every Woman Wants". TVGuide.com.

External links

What Every Woman Wants at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

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