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For Better, for Worse
For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

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ComedyRomance

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In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend 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 newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbours a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conquer all? Is there some way of getting rid of tea-leaves except down the sink?

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

85 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

20 June 1954

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Tony Howard

Susan Stephen

Susan Stephen

Anne Purves

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

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

Sid James

Sid James

The Foreman (as Sidney James)

Peter Jones

Peter Jones

The Car Dealer

Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles

Anne's Boss

Mary Law

Mary Law

Girl in Office

Leonard Sharp

Leonard Sharp

First Workman

Dennis Wyndham

Dennis Wyndham

Second Workman

Robin Bailey

Robin Bailey

Store Salesman

Digby Wolfe

Digby Wolfe

Grocer's Assistant

Geoffrey Hibbert

Geoffrey Hibbert

Butcher's Assistant

Ronnie Stevens

Ronnie Stevens

Fishmonger's Assistant

Wilfred Boyle

Wilfred Boyle

Bank Cashier (uncredited)

Juleen Clow

Juleen Clow

Girl (uncredited)

Alma Cogan

Alma Cogan

Singer in Film (voice) (uncredited)

Jackie Collins

Jackie Collins

Glamour Girl (uncredited)

Isabel George

Isabel George

(uncredited)

Edmund Hockridge

Edmund Hockridge

Singer in Film (voice) (uncredited)

Jocelyn Lane

Jocelyn Lane

(uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

Arthur Mullard

Uncredited

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