Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film)

Love Thy Neighbour

Directed by	John Robins
Produced by	Roy Skeggs
Written by	Harry Driver Vince Powell
Starring	Jack Smethurst Rudolph Walker Nina Baden-Semper Kate Williams
Music by	Albert Elms
Cinematography	Moray Grant
Edited by	James Needs
Production company	Hammer Films
Distributed by	Anglo-EMI
Release dates	4 July 1973 (1973-07-04)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series Love Thy Neighbour.

Plot

Eddie and Joan Booth live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds. Whilst Joan and Barbie are best friends as well as neighbours, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites in all things, including colour. Unbeknown to their husbands Joan and Barbie enter a Love Thy Neighbour competition to win a cruise, but are unsure how to get around the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems Joan's Mother In Law is coming to stay, and Barbie has her Father In Law Coming from Trinidad. What will Bill and Eddie do when they realise their parents get on? ^[1]

Cast

Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth
Rudolph Walker as Bill Reynolds
Nina Baden-Semper as Barbie Reynolds
Kate Williams as Joan Booth
Bill Fraser as Mr. Granger
Charles Hyatt as Joe Reynolds
Patricia Hayes as Annie Booth
Melvyn Hayes as Terry
Keith Marsh as Jacko
Tommy Godfrey as Arthur
Azad Ali as Winston
Arthur English as Carter
Andrea Lawrence as Norma
Clifford Mollison as Registrar
Lincoln Webb as Charlie
Norman Chappell as Indian Conductor
Anna Dawson as Betty
Bill Pertwee as Postman
Pamela Cundell as Dolly
Annie Leake as Lil
Damaris Hayman as Woman on Bus
Siobhan Quinlan as Carol
James Beck as Cyril
Dan Jackson as Black Groom
John Bindon as White Groom
Lesley Goldie as White Bride
Nosher Powell as Bus Driver
Michael Sharvell-Martin as Police Constable
Fred Griffiths as Taxi Driver

Reception

The film was popular at the box office, being ranked the 15th most popular movie of the year in England.^[2]
Britmovie wrote, "this dated, politically incorrect tale of bigotries and one-upmanship is sprinkled with ignorant comments and insults that are frequently more laughable than offensive when viewed today." ^[3]

References

↑ "Love Thy Neighbour – The Movie". British Classic Comedy. Retrieved 2014-03-21.
↑ Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p368
↑ "Love Thy Neighbour 1973 | Britmovie | Home of British Films". Britmovie. Retrieved 2014-03-22.

External links

Love Thy Neighbour at the Internet Movie Database

Hammer Film Productions films

by series

Dracula films	Dracula (1958) The Brides of Dracula (1960) Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970) Scars of Dracula (1970) Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972) The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973) The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1974)

Frankenstein films	The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) The Evil of Frankenstein (1964) Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969) The Horror of Frankenstein (1970) Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974)

Mummy films	The Mummy (1959) The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb (1964) The Mummy's Shroud (1967) Blood from the Mummy's Tomb (1971)

The Karnstein Trilogy	The Vampire Lovers (1970) Lust for a Vampire (1971) Twins of Evil (1971)

Dick Barton films	Dick Barton: Special Agent (1948) Dick Barton Strikes Back (1949) Dick Barton at Bay (1950)

Quatermass films	The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) Quatermass 2 (1957) Quatermass and the Pit (1967)

Robin Hood films	The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

On the Buses films	On the Buses (1971) Mutiny on the Buses (1972) Holiday on the Buses (1973)

The Woman in Black films	The Woman in Black (2012) The Woman in Black: Angel of Death (2014)

See also	Hammer filmography

by genre

Gothic horror films	The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll (1960) The Curse of the Werewolf (1961) The Shadow of the Cat (1961) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) The Gorgon (1964) Rasputin the Mad Monk (1966) The Plague of the Zombies (1966) The Reptile (1966) The Witches (1966) The Devil Rides Out (1968) Hands of the Ripper (1971) Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1971) Countess Dracula (1971) Vampire Circus (1972) Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976)

Horror films	The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935) Demons of the Mind (1972) Beyond the Rave (2008) Let Me In (2010) Wake Wood (2011) The Quiet Ones (2014)

Thriller films	Man in Black (1949) The Black Widow (1951) The Snorkel (1958) Hell Is a City (1960) The Full Treatment (1960) Taste of Fear (1961) Cash on Demand (1961) The Maniac (1963) Paranoiac (1963) Nightmare (1964) Fanatic (1965) Hysteria (1965) The Nanny (1965) Crescendo (1970) Straight On till Morning (1972) Fear in the Night (1972)

Science fiction films	Four Sided Triangle (1953) Spaceways (1953) X the Unknown (1956) The Abominable Snowman (1957) The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) The Damned (1963) The Lost Continent (1968) Moon Zero Two (1969)

Mystery films	Death in High Heels (1947) Dr. Morelle: The Case of the Missing Heiress (1949) The Rossiter Case (1951) Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) Lady in the Fog (1952) Mantrap (1953) The Saint's Return (1953) Blood Orange (1953) The Glass Cage (1955) The Lady Vanishes (1979)

Crime drama films	Cloudburst (1951) The Last Page (1952) Wings of Danger (1952) Stolen Face (1952) The Gambler and the Lady (1953) The Flanagan Boy (1953) 36 Hours (1953) Face the Music (1954) The House Across the Lake (1954) Murder by Proxy (1954) Five Days (1954) A Stranger Came Home (1954) Third Party Risk (1954) Women Without Men (1956)

Drama films	Song of Freedom (1936) Never Look Back (1952) Mask of Dust (1954) Break in the Circle (1955) Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) Captain Clegg (1962) Man at the Top (1973) The Resident (2011)

Action films	Ten Seconds to Hell (1959) The Stranglers of Bombay (1959) The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) Shatter (1974)

Adventure films	The Jack of Diamonds (1949) Passport to China (1961) The Terror of the Tongs (1961) The Pirates of Blood River (1962) The Scarlet Blade (1963) The Brigand of Kandahar (1965) She (1965) One Million Years B.C. (1966) Prehistoric Women (1967) The Viking Queen (1967) The Vengeance of She (1968) When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970) Creatures the World Forgot (1971)

Comedy films	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth (1935) Sporting Love (1936) The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) Someone at the Door (1950) What the Butler Saw (1950) Life with the Lyons (1954) The Lyons in Paris (1955) Up the Creek (1958) I Only Arsked! (1958) Further Up the Creek (1958) Don't Panic Chaps! (1959) The Ugly Duckling (1959) Watch it, Sailor! (1961) A Weekend with Lulu (1961) The Old Dark House (1963) The Anniversary (1968) That's Your Funeral (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)

War films	The Steel Bayonet (1957) The Camp on Blood Island (1958) Yesterday's Enemy (1959) The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

See also	Hammer filmography

The situation comedies of Vince Powell

With Harry Driver	Pardon the Expression (1965-66) George and the Dragon (1966-68) Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1967-71) Best of Enemies (1968-69) Nearest and Dearest (1968-73) Two in Clover (1969-70) For the Love of Ada (1970-71) Bless This House (1971-76) Love Thy Neighbour (1972-76) Spring and Autumn (1973-76)

Later series	The Wackers (1975) Odd Man Out (1977) Mind Your Language (1977-79, 1986) Home Sweet Home (1980) Father Charlie (1982) Bottle Boys (1984-85) Never the Twain (1984-91) Slinger's Day (1986-87)

Film versions	For the Love of Ada (1972) Love Thy Neighbour (1973)

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