Rent Young Wives' Tale (1951)
2.9 of 5 from 51 ratings
1h 16min
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- Synopsis:
- Joan Greenwood reprises her hit stage performance as a frustrated housewife in the film adaptation of this popular West End farce. Co-starring Nigel Patrick and Derek Farr - and showcasing a memorable early performance from Audrey Hepburn...Compelled to live together due to the post-war housing shortage, the Pennants and the Bannings just about get along...but add in a brace of babies, a succession of nannies and a shy-but-pretty lodger, and the situation very soon starts to unravel!
- Actors:
- Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, Guy Middleton, Athene Seyler, Helen Cherry, Audrey Hepburn, Fabia Drake, Selma Vaz Dias, Irene Handl, Carole James, Jack McNaughton, Brian Oulton, Joan Sanderson, Anthony Deamer, Mavis Sage
- Directors:
- Henry Cass
- Producers:
- Victor Skutezky
- Writers:
- Anne Burnaby, Ronald Jeans
- Studio:
- Network
- Genres:
- Classics, Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Audrey Hepburn
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 05/07/2021
- Run Time:
- 79 minutes
- Languages:
- English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
- Subtitles:
- English
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Image Gallery
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Reviews (1) of Young Wives' Tale
Crowded, Thin Time - Young Wives' Tale review by CH
This was an intriguing prospect but, whatever its effect as farce on stage may have been, this film proved hard going. Shrill - even more so in the case of the noisy children - and frantic, it did not make the best dramatic use of the situation in which two hourseholds share the premises. So much so that this viewer had to bale out - despite the missing more of the brief appearances by Audrey Hepburn, who would soon go on to much more.
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