What Every Woman Wants is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring William Sylvester, Elsie Albiin, Brenda De Banzie and Patric Doonan. It also features Brian Rix and Prunella Scales.[1] It was based on a play Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis.[2] It was shot at Walton Studios outside London. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Stoll.
What Every Woman Wants | |
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Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
Written by | Talbot Rothwell |
Based on | Relations Are Best Apart by Edwin Lewis |
Produced by | David Dent |
Starring | William Sylvester Elsie Albiin Brenda De Banzie |
Cinematography | Wilkie Cooper |
Edited by | Robert Jordan Hill |
Music by | Edwin Astley |
Production company | Advance Productions |
Distributed by | Adelphi Films |
Release date | 10 June 1954 |
Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
A newly married couple have to live with the wife's parents and extended family in a small overcrowded house in the English Midlands.
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]
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