The read
It runs a compact 1h 20m.
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, dance and jitterbug!
Ratings
IMDb4.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice ElveyDirector
- Stafford DickensScreenplay
- Dominic RocheScreenplay
Cast
- Dominic RocheWilliam "Willie" Higginbotham
- Olive SloaneMaggie Ann Higginbotham
- Leslie DwyerRoger the Lodger
- Diana DorsEunice Higginbotham
- Alan SedgwickTex
- Vincent DowlingNorman Higginbotham
- Vi KaleyMother-in-Law