The Love Match
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Director David Paltenghi Duration Music director Wilfred Burns Country United Kingdom | 7.2/10 IMDb Genre Comedy Running time 1h 25m Story by Glenn Melvyn Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1955 Writer Glenn Melvyn (additional dialogue), Glenn Melvyn (play), Geoffrey Orme (screenplay) Cast Arthur Askey (Bill Brown), Glenn Melvyn (Wally Binns), Thora Hird (Sal Brown), Shirley Eaton (Rose Brown)Similar movies Arthur Askey and others appear in The Love Match and Ramsbottom Rides Again | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Love Match is a 1955 British black and white comedy film directed by David Paltenghi and starring Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn, Thora Hird and Shirley Eaton. Two football-mad railway engine drivers are desperate to get back in time to see a match. It was based on the 1953 play by Glenn Melvyn, one of the stars of the film. A TV spin-off series Love and Kisses, appeared later in 1955.
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Box Office
According to the National Film Finance Corporation, the film made a comfortable profit.
Critical reception
TV Guide noted a "highly enjoyable farce"; while Britmovie called it a "boisterous Lancashire comedy with a rapid succession of old jokes."
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The Love Match Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA
The Love Match IMDb The Love Match themoviedb.org