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			*[https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/dicky-leeman Dicky Leeman interview British Entertainment History Project]

	*[https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/dicky-leeman] interview British Entertainment History Project

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{{Infobox film
| name = A Date with a Dream
| image = "A_Date_with_a_Dream"_(1948).jpg
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| director = Dicky Leeman
| writer = [[Robert S. Baker]] [[Monty Berman]] Dicky Leeman Carl Nystrom
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
| starring = [[Terry-Thomas]] [[Jeannie Carson]] Len Lowe Bill Lowe
| cinematography = Monty Berman
| editing = Anne Barker
| music =
| studio = [[Tempean Films]]
| distributor = [[Grand National Pictures]]
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1948|11||}}
| runtime = 55 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
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'''''A Date with a Dream''''' is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Dicky Leeman and starring [[Terry-Thomas]], [[Jeannie Carson]] and [[Wally Patch]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | DATE WITH A DREAM (1948) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2012-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222083032/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Its plot concerns a wartime group of musical entertainers who meet up a year after being [[demobbed]] and decide to reform their act. This was one of [[Terry-Thomas]]'s earliest films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/a-date-with-a-dream/review/112233 |title=A Date With A Dream Review |publisher=Movies.tvguide.com |date= |accessdate=2014-03-12}}</ref> Terry-Thomas was yet to develop his cad persona and a then little-known [[Norman Wisdom]] appears in a very brief, non-speaking role.

==Plot==
When an Army concert party is disbanded after the war, they plan to meet up in a years time for a reunion. When they do they discover that all the various members aren't coping too well with civilian life. Jean, a singer who is staying in the same house as two of the ex-concert party members, suggests that the various members get back together to perform.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | DATE WITH A DREAM (1948) |publisher=Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk |date=2009-04-16 |accessdate=2014-03-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222083032/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/11358 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Terry-Thomas]] – Terry
* [[Jeannie Carson]] – Jean
* Len Lowe – Len
* Bill Lowe – Bill
* [[Wally Patch]] – Uncle
* [[Vic Lewis]] – Vic
* Ida Patlanski – Bedelia
* Joey Porter – Max Imshy
* [[Alfie Dean]] – Joe
* [[Julia Lang (actress)|Julia Lang]] – Madam Docherty
* Harry Green – Syd Marlish
* [[Norman Wisdom]] – Shadow Boxer
* [[Sydney Bromley]] – Stranger in Max's office

==Critical reception==
[[Sky Movies]] wrote, "a sparkling performance from the young Terry-Thomas and a bright, sassy attitude saves this dated, rather choppy little filler item from the scrapheap of movie history. Worth a look for nostalgia buffs and curio collectors".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/date-with-a-dream/review |title=Date with a Dream - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2003-10-04 |accessdate=2014-03-12}}</ref>

''A Date With A Dream'' was the first production of [[Tempean Films]], a production company founded by [[Monty Berman]] and [[Robert S. Baker]] following their war service. Of the film, Baker later commented, "It didn't make us a penny, but it gave us a good introduction to the film business". Tempean would go on to produce many British [[B-movies]] throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s <ref>{{Cite AV media notes |title= ''The Flesh And The Fiends'' |year=2001 |first=Jonathan |last=Sothcott |page=1 |type=DVD Liner Notes |publisher= [[Image Entertainment]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0040272}}
* [http://www.lovingtheclassics.com/pdmovies/a-date-with-a-dream-1948.html dvd of the film]

*[https://historyproject.org.uk/interview/dicky-leeman] interview British Entertainment History Project

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