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My Wife's Family is a 1941 British domestic comedy film directed by Walter C. Mycroft and starring Charles Clapham, John Warwick, David Tomlinson and Patricia Roc.[1]

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My Wife's Family
Directed by	Walter C. Mycroft
Written by	Clifford Grey Norman Lee
Based on	My Wife's Family by Fred Duprez (story by Harry B. Linton and Hal Stephens)
Produced by	Walter C. Mycroft
Starring	Charles Clapham John Warwick David Tomlinson Patricia Roc
Cinematography	Walter J. Harvey
Music by	Charles Williams
Production company	Associated British Picture Corporation
Distributed by	Pathé Pictures International (UK)
Release date	July 1941
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The film is notable as one of five film versions based on the popular stage farce of the same name by Fred Duprez. There was a previous British version in 1931;[2] a Swedish version Mother-in-Law's Coming, in 1932;[3] a 1933 Finnish film Voi meitä! Anoppi tulee;[4] and a British remake in 1956.[5]

Plot

A farce concerning the attempts of a naval officer to avoid a visit from his wife's overbearing mother-in-law, and cope with a former girlfriend at the same time.[6]

Cast

• Doc Knott - Charles Clapham
• Jack Gay - John Warwick
• Peggy, his Wife - Patricia Roc
• Noah Bagshott - Wylie Watson
• Sally the Maid - Peggy Bryan
• Rosa Latour - Chili Bouchier
• Mrs Bagshott - Margaret Scudamore
• Policeman - Leslie Fuller
• Second Maid - Davina Craig
• Irma - Joan Greenwood
• Willie - David Tomlinson

Critical reception

TV Guide wrote, "every old joke you never wanted to hear repeated is packed into this dusty, but still mildly amusing comedy."[7] Allmovie gave the film two out of five stars, and referred to the film as an "old-joke-filled farce."[5]

References

External links

• My Wife's Family at IMDb

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