Love Thy Neighbour (1973 film) - Revision history

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	\| image = "Love Thy Neighbour" (1973).jpg		\| image = "Love Thy Neighbour" (1973).jpg
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	\| director = John Robins		\| director = John Robins
	\| producer = [[~~w:Roy Skeggs\|~~Roy Skeggs]]		\| producer = [[Roy Skeggs]]
	\| writer = Harry Driver<br>[[Vince Powell]]		\| writer = Harry Driver<br>[[Vince Powell]]
	\| starring = [[Jack Smethurst]]<br>[[~~w:Rudolph Walker\|~~Rudolph Walker]]<br>[[~~w:Nina Baden-Semper\|~~Nina Baden-Semper]]<br>[[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]]		\| starring = [[Jack Smethurst]]<br>[[Rudolph Walker]]<br>[[Nina Baden-Semper]]<br>[[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]]
	\| music = [[~~w:Albert Elms\|~~Albert Elms]]		\| music = [[Albert Elms]]
	\| cinematography = [[~~w:Moray Grant\|~~Moray Grant]]		\| cinematography = [[Moray Grant]]
	\| editing = [[~~w:James Needs\|~~James Needs]]		\| editing = [[James Needs]]
	\| studio = [[~~w:Hammer Films\|~~Hammer Films]]		\| studio = [[Hammer Films]]
	\| distributor = [[~~w:Anglo-EMI\|~~Anglo-EMI]]		\| distributor = [[Anglo-EMI]]
	\| released = {{Film date\|1973\|07\|04\|df=y}}		\| released = {{Film date\|1973\|07\|04\|df=y}}
	\| runtime = 85 minutes		\| runtime = 85 minutes
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	'''''Love Thy Neighbour''''' is a 1973 [[~~w:British comedy\|~~British comedy]] film starring [[Jack Smethurst]], [[~~w:Rudolph Walker\|~~Rudolph Walker]], [[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] and [[~~w:Nina Baden-Semper\|~~Nina Baden-Semper]], spun off from the television series ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)\|Love Thy Neighbour]]''.		'''''Love Thy Neighbour''''' is a 1973 [[British comedy]] film starring [[Jack Smethurst]], [[Rudolph Walker]], [[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] and [[Nina Baden-Semper]], spun off from the television series ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)\|Love Thy Neighbour]]''.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[Jack Smethurst]] as Eddie Booth		* [[Jack Smethurst]] as Eddie Booth
	* [[~~w:Rudolph Walker\|~~Rudolph Walker]] as Bill Reynolds		* [[Rudolph Walker]] as Bill Reynolds
	* [[~~w:Nina Baden-Semper\|~~Nina Baden-Semper]] as Barbie Reynolds		* [[Nina Baden-Semper]] as Barbie Reynolds
	* [[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] as Joan Booth		* [[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] as Joan Booth
	* [[Bill Fraser]] as Mr. Granger		* [[Bill Fraser]] as Mr. Granger
	* [[Charles Hyatt]] as Joe Reynolds		* [[Charles Hyatt]] as Joe Reynolds

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	\| director = John Robins		\| director = John Robins

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	\| director = John Robins		\| director = John Robins
	\| producer = [[Roy Skeggs]]		\| producer = [[w:Roy Skeggs\|Roy Skeggs]]
	\| writer = Harry Driver<br>[[Vince Powell]]		\| writer = Harry Driver<br>[[Vince Powell]]
	\| starring = [[Jack Smethurst]]<br>[[Rudolph Walker]]<br>[[Nina Baden-Semper]]<br>[[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]]		\| starring = [[Jack Smethurst]]<br>[[w:Rudolph Walker\|Rudolph Walker]]<br>[[w:Nina Baden-Semper\|Nina Baden-Semper]]<br>[[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]]
	\| music = [[Albert Elms]]		\| music = [[w:Albert Elms\|Albert Elms]]
	\| cinematography = [[Moray Grant]]		\| cinematography = [[w:Moray Grant\|Moray Grant]]
	\| editing = [[James Needs]]		\| editing = [[w:James Needs\|James Needs]]
	\| studio = [[Hammer Films]]		\| studio = [[w:Hammer Films\|Hammer Films]]
	\| distributor = [[Anglo-EMI]]		\| distributor = [[w:Anglo-EMI\|Anglo-EMI]]
	\| released = {{Film date\|1973\|07\|04\|df=y}}		\| released = {{Film date\|1973\|07\|04\|df=y}}
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	'''''Love Thy Neighbour''''' is a 1973 [[British comedy]] film starring [[Jack Smethurst]], [[Rudolph Walker]], [[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] and [[Nina Baden-Semper]], spun off from the television series ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)\|Love Thy Neighbour]]''.		'''''Love Thy Neighbour''''' is a 1973 [[w:British comedy\|British comedy]] film starring [[Jack Smethurst]], [[w:Rudolph Walker\|Rudolph Walker]], [[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] and [[w:Nina Baden-Semper\|Nina Baden-Semper]], spun off from the television series ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)\|Love Thy Neighbour]]''.

	==Plot==		==Plot==
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	==Cast==		==Cast==
	* [[Jack Smethurst]] as Eddie Booth		* [[Jack Smethurst]] as Eddie Booth
	* [[Rudolph Walker]] as Bill Reynolds		* [[w:Rudolph Walker\|Rudolph Walker]] as Bill Reynolds
	* [[Nina Baden-Semper]] as Barbie Reynolds		* [[w:Nina Baden-Semper\|Nina Baden-Semper]] as Barbie Reynolds
	* [[Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] as Joan Booth		* [[w:Kate Williams (actress)\|Kate Williams]] as Joan Booth
	* [[Bill Fraser]] as Mr. Granger		* [[Bill Fraser]] as Mr. Granger
	* [[Charles Hyatt]] as Joe Reynolds		* [[Charles Hyatt]] as Joe Reynolds

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{{Use British English|date=November 2014}}
{{infobox film
| name = Love Thy Neighbour
| image = "Love_Thy_Neighbour"_(1973).jpg
| caption =
| director = John Robins
| producer = [[Roy Skeggs]]
| writer = Harry Driver<br>[[Vince Powell]]
| starring = [[Jack Smethurst]]<br>[[Rudolph Walker]]<br>[[Nina Baden-Semper]]<br>[[Kate Williams (actress)|Kate Williams]]
| music = [[Albert Elms]]
| cinematography = [[Moray Grant]]
| editing = [[James Needs]]
| studio = [[Hammer Films]]
| distributor = [[Anglo-EMI]]
| released = {{Film date|1973|07|04|df=y}}
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Love Thy Neighbour''''' is a 1973 [[British comedy]] film starring [[Jack Smethurst]], [[Rudolph Walker]], [[Kate Williams (actress)|Kate Williams]] and [[Nina Baden-Semper]], spun off from the television series ''[[Love Thy Neighbour (1972 TV series)|Love Thy Neighbour]]''.

==Plot==
Eddie and Joan Booth, a white couple, live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds, who are black. Although Joan and Barbie are best friends, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites. Without their husbands' knowledge, Joan and Barbie enter a "Love Thy Neighbour" competition to win a cruise, but must contend with the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems, Joan's mother-in-law is coming to stay, and Barbie's father-in-law is coming from Trinidad.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/2012/04/from-small-screen-to-big-screen-love-thy-neighbour-the-movie/ |title=Love Thy Neighbour – The Movie |publisher=British Classic Comedy |date= |access-date=2014-03-21 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140322014208/http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/2012/04/from-small-screen-to-big-screen-love-thy-neighbour-the-movie/ |archive-date=22 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Cast==
* [[Jack Smethurst]] as Eddie Booth
* [[Rudolph Walker]] as Bill Reynolds
* [[Nina Baden-Semper]] as Barbie Reynolds
* [[Kate Williams (actress)|Kate Williams]] as Joan Booth
* [[Bill Fraser]] as Mr. Granger
* [[Charles Hyatt]] as Joe Reynolds
* [[Patricia Hayes]] as Annie Booth
* [[Melvyn Hayes]] as Terry
* [[Keith Marsh]] as Jacko
* [[Tommy Godfrey]] as Arthur
* Azad Ali as Winston
* [[Arthur English]] as Carter
* [[Andria Lawrence]] as Norma
* [[Clifford Mollison]] as Registrar
* Lincoln Webb as Charlie
* [[Norman Chappell]] as Indian Conductor
* [[Anna Dawson]] as Betty
* [[Bill Pertwee]] as Postman
* [[Pamela Cundell]] as Dolly
* Annie Leake as Lil
* [[Damaris Hayman]] as Woman on Bus
* Siobhan Quinlan as Carol
* [[James Beck]] as Cyril
* Dan Jackson as Black Groom
* [[John Bindon]] as White Groom
* [[Lesley Goldie]] as White Bride
* [[Nosher Powell]] as Bus Driver
* [[Michael Sharvell-Martin]] as Police Constable
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] as Taxi Driver

==Reception==
*The film was popular at the box office and ranked as the 15th-most-popular of the year in the U.K.<ref name="film">Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, ''Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography'', McFarland, 1996 p368</ref><ref>{{cite book|page=270|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NTmrBgAAQBAJ&q=guinness+book+of+box+office+hits+swern+childs&pg=PA268|title=British Film Culture in the 1970s: The Boundaries of Pleasure: The Boundaries of Pleasure|first=Sue|last= Harper|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|date= 2011|isbn = 9780748654260}}</ref>
*''Britmovie'' wrote: "this dated, politically incorrect tale of bigotries and one-upmanship is sprinkled with ignorant comments and insults that are frequently more laughable than offensive when viewed today."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Love-Thy-Neighbour_1973 |title=Love Thy Neighbour 1973|publisher=Britmovie |date= |access-date=2014-03-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323015732/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Love-Thy-Neighbour_1973 |archive-date=23 March 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0191255}}

{{Vince Powell}}

[[Category:1973 films]]
[[Category:1973 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Hammer Film Productions films]]
[[Category:Films shot at EMI-Elstree Studios]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:EMI Films films]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]

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