Not Now, Darling (film)
Not Now, Darling is a 1973 British comedy film adapted from the 1967 play of the same title by John Chapman and Ray Cooney.[1] The plot is a farce centred on a shop in central London that sells fur coats.[2] A loosely related sequel Not Now, Comrade was released in 1976.[3]
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| Directed by | Ray Cooney David Croft |
| Written by | John Chapman Ray Cooney |
| Starring | Leslie Phillips Ray Cooney Julie Ege Bill Fraser Moira Lister Derren Nesbitt Joan Sims Barbara Windsor Jack Hulbert Cicely Courtneidge |
| Cinematography | Alan Hume John Rook |
| Edited by | Peter Thornton |
| Music by | Cyril Ornadel |
| Distributed by | LMG Film Productions Dimension Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was the last film to feature appearances by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert who had been a leading celebrity couple in the 1930s and 1940s.[4]
Plot
Gilbert Bodley (Leslie Phillips) plans to sell an expensive mink to mobster Harry McMichaell (Derren Nesbitt), cheaply, for his wife Janie (Julie Ege). Janie is Gilbert's mistress, and Gilbert wants to "close the deal." However, instead of doing his own dirty work, he gets his reluctant partner Arnold Crouch (Ray Cooney) to do it for him. Things go awry when Harry plans to buy the same coat for his own mistress, Sue Lawson (Barbara Windsor), and the whole plan fails.
Cast
- Trudi Van Doorn as Miss Whittington
- Leslie Phillips as Gilbert Bodley
- Julie Ege as Janie McMichael
- Joan Sims as Miss Ambrosine Tipdale
- Derren Nesbitt as Harry McMichael
- Ray Cooney as Arnold Crouch
- Bill Fraser as Commissionaire
- Jack Hulbert as Commander George Frencham
- Cicely Courtneidge as Mrs Harriet Frencham
- Barbara Windsor as Sue Lawson
- Moira Lister as Maude Bodley
- Jackie Pallo as Mr Lawson
- Peter Butterworth and Graham Stark (both uncredited) as Painters
References
- "Not Now Darling (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.
- Guide, British Comedy. "Not Now Darling - Film". British Comedy Guide.
- "Not Now, Comrade (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017.
- "BFI Screenonline: Courtneidge, Cicely (1893-1980) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.
External links
- Not Now, Darling at IMDb
- Not Now, Darling at AllMovie
- Not Now, Darling at the Internet Broadway Database
- Not Now, Darling at British Comedy Guide