The Love Ban
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| 5.2/10 IMDb Initial release 1973 (United Kingdom) Music director S. Myers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Similar movies Foul Play , Millions , Religulous , Mary's Land , Louis C.K. Learns About the Catholic Church , Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Love Ban is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman and Milo O'Shea. It was based on a play by Kevin Laffan. It is also known under the alternative titles of It's a 2'6' Above the Ground World and Anyone for Sex?.
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Plot summary
A married couple with six children experience marital difficulties. Wife Kate refuses to sleep with husband Mick until he uses birth control, while their live-in au-pair falls pregnant.
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Production
The film was based on a 1969 play by Kevin Laffan, It's a 2'6' Above the Ground World. Laffan was one of 14 children from a devout Roman Catholic family and his critical view on the Church's stance on birth control was a recurring theme of his work. The play starred Prunella Scales in a production at the Bristol Old Vic, and was a hit, moving to the Wyndham Theatre.
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