The Lovers!

The Lovers! (1973)

I've heard it called some things, but Percy Filth just takes the biscuit

  • Genre: Comedy, Drama
  • Release Date: 1973-01-01
  • User Rating: 5.9/10 from 7 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 28min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: British Lion Films
  • Production Country: United Kingdom
  • Director: Herbert Wise
star 5.9/10
From 7 Ratings

Summary

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…

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  • Richard Beckinsale

    as Geoffrey Scrimshaw
  • Paula Wilcox

    as Beryl Battersby
  • Susan Littler

    as Sandra
  • Rosalind Ayres

    as Veronica
  • Anthony Naylor

    as Neville
  • Nikolas Simmonds

    as Roland
  • Joan Scott

    as Beryl's Mum
  • Stella Moray

    as Geoffrey's Mum
  • John Comer

    as Geoffrey's Dad
  • Pamela Moiseiwitsch

    as Enid
  • Bruce Watt

    as Jeremy
  • Paul Greenwood

    as Trainee Manager
  • Bernard Latham

    as 'Handsome'
  • Karen Ford

    as Foreign Girl
  • James Snell

    as Doctor
  • Mary Henry

    as Jumble Sale Woman
  • Ian Gray

    as Bookstall Assistant
  • Serena

    as Stripper
Writing Jack Rosenthal Writer
Directing Herbert Wise Director
Costume & Make-Up Maude Onslow Hairdresser
Directing Barrie Melrose Assistant Director
Sound Rowland Fowles Boom Operator
Art Peter Mullins Production Design
Costume & Make-Up Emma Porteous Costume Design
Editing David Gowing Assistant Editor
Costume & Make-Up George Partleton Makeup Artist
Camera Robert Huke Director of Photography
Editing Bernard Gribble Editor
Sound Brian Simmons Sound Mixer
Camera Dennis C. Lewiston Camera Operator
Costume & Make-Up John Brady Wardrobe Supervisor

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