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My Wife's Lodger is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane and Leslie Dwyer. The screenplay concerns a soldier who returns home after the Second World War only to find a spiv lodger has established himself in his place.
- David Dent
- Francis Essex
- Advance Films
My Wife's Lodger: Directed by Maurice Elvey. With Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane, Diana Dors, Leslie Dwyer. A soldier comes home from the war expecting a warm welcome, but he finds that his wife had taken in a lodger during his absence, and now she and his somewhat dingy daughter seem to be paying much more attention to the lodger than to him.
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- Comedy
- Maurice Elvey
- 1952-10
Overview. My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war.
Synopsis. My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing ...
- Maurice Elvey
- David Dent Productions
My Wife's Lodger. Year. 1952. Running time. 80 min. Country. United Kingdom. Director. Maurice Elvey. Screenwriter. Stafford Dickens. Play: Dominic Roche. Cast. Music. Francis Essex. Cinematography. Philip Grinrod (B&W) Producer. Adelphi Films, David Dent Productions. Genre. Comedy. Movie Soulmates' ratings.
- Maurice Elvey
- Dominic Roche
Francis Essex Music. Critics reviews. A soldier comes home from the war expecting a warm welcome, but he finds that his wife had taken in a lodger during his absence, and now she and his somewhat dingy daughter seem to be paying much more attention to the lodger than to him.
In this farce, a soldier returns home after six years to find that his home is now also a boardinghouse, and he becomes enemies with a well-liked lodger. Everything turns out all right when the soldier learns that he has inherited a ranch in Texas and the lodger turns out to be a criminal.
