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Director
  
Maurice Elvey

Music director
  
William Trytel

Duration
  

Language
  
English

5.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy

Screenplay
  
Talbot Rothwell

Country
  
United Kingdom

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary movie poster
Release date
  
September 22, 1953 (1953-09-22)

Writer
  
Talbot Rothwell (screenplay), Vivian Tidmarsh (play)

Initial release
  
September 22, 1953 (London)

Cast
  
Diana Dors
(Candy Markham),
David Tomlinson
(Frank Betterton),
Sid James
(Hank Hanlon),
Bonar Colleano
(Commander Laurie Vining),
Diana Decker
(Gillian Vining)

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Related Maurice Elvey movies

A US pilots honeymoon is ruined by the appearance of his first wife, who insists they are still married.

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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey. The film was based on Vivian Tidmarshs play by the same name.

Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary movie scenes

Based on a 1944 West End stage success with Ralph Lynn, this is a classic bedroom farce for those who like them that way its theatrical origins acknowledged in the credits and clearly apparent when most of the action takes place with characters popping in and out of a single-room set enlivened by a sex-pot performance by Diana Dors as blackmailing first wife Candy.

Plot

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When US Navy airman Commander Laurie Vining takes up his new posting in London with his new wife Gillian he has no idea that his first wife Candy Markham will turn up and threaten his martial bliss by claiming they are still married. Faithful confidant Hank Hanlon continually stirs things up and tries to keep order. Other lives that are changed forever by the intervention include lawyer Frank Betterton.

Cast

  • Bonar Colleano.....Cmdr. Laurie Vining
  • Diana Dors.....Candy Markham
  • David Tomlinson.....Frank Betterton
  • Diana Decker.....Gillian Vining
  • Sid James.....Hank Hanlon
  • Audrey Freeman.....Lucy
  • Hubert Woodward.....Hicks
  • MacDonald Parke.....Adm. Fields
  • Lou Jacobi.....Capt. Noakes

    • Production

    This light comedy romp with screenplay by Talbot Rothwell (who went on to write 20 Carry On films) attracted an “A� certification in 1953.

    The play was still being presented in London’s West End starring Brian Rix in the mid 1960s.

    References

    Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? Wikipedia
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    Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? IMDb Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? themoviedb.org