The Lovers!

5.9 / 10

(7 votes)

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Comedy,

Drama

Duration:

88 minutes

Year:

1973

Director:

Herbert Wise

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Company:

British Lion Films

Cast:
Richard Beckinsale

Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Paula Wilcox

Beryl Battersby

Susan Littler

Sandra

Rosalind Ayres

Veronica

Anthony Naylor

Neville

Crew:
Herbert Wise

Director

Jack Rosenthal

Writer

Robert Huke

Director of Photography

Bernard Gribble

Editor

Peter Mullins

Production Design