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{{Infobox film
| name = Nearest and Dearest
| image_size =
| image = "Nearest_and_Dearest"_(1972_film).jpg
| caption = UK theatrical poster
| director = John Robins
| producer = [[Michael Carreras]]
| writer = Roy Bottomley<br />Tom Brennand
| narrator =
| starring = [[Hylda Baker]]<br />[[Jimmy Jewel]]
| music = [[Derek Hilton]]
| cinematography = David Holmes
| editing = Chris Barnes
| studio = [[Hammer Films]]<br />[[ITV Granada|Granada]] Special Comedy
| distributor = [[Anglo-EMI]] (UK)
| released = {{film date|1972}}
| runtime = 86 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Nearest and Dearest''''' is a 1972 British comedy film starring [[Hylda Baker]] and [[Jimmy Jewel]] as feuding brother and sister Nellie and Eli Pledge, owners of "Pledge's Purer Pickles". A spin-off from the long running TV sitcom ''[[Nearest and Dearest]]'', it was produced by [[Hammer Films]] in conjunction with a film making arm of [[Granada TV]]. As well as starring in the film, [[Hylda Baker]] also sings the title theme song.<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web|url=http://skymovies.sky.com/nearest-and-dearest/review |title=Nearest and Dearest - Sky Movies HD |publisher=Skymovies.sky.com |date=2003-04-01 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref><ref>http://shelf3d.com/HTenY2ViTHI#Hylda Baker - Nearest and Dearest / The More You Laugh (1969)</ref> Despite the popularity of the TV series, the film version failed to match that success at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/Filmography/1970's/1972/nearestanddearest.html |title=Nearest and Dearest |publisher=Hammer-graveyard.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==Plot==
On their father's death, Eli and Nellie Pledge inherit a pickle factory in Colne, in the north of England. The warring siblings struggle to keep the decrepit "Pledge's Purer Pickles" afloat, hampered by severe lack of funds, zero business acumen and by having inherited a workforce that is a decade beyond retirement age. While Nellie works hard to keep the business going, Eli prefers to indulge in the delights of beer, cigarettes, gambling and women. The annual Summer holiday is soon upon them and the entire factory is closed down. Nellie takes Eli to a Blackpool boarding house run by landlady Mrs. Rowbottom, whose eyes light upon bachelor Eli. Eli though, only has eyes for the younger Freda. Eli's attempts to further his financial ambitions by marrying off Nellie to a colleague in the pickling business are challenged when Vernon Smallpiece is snatched from the altar by bailiffs for non-payment of his debts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b74b207c8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120713184231/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b74b207c8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-07-13 |title=Nearest and Dearest | BFI | BFI |publisher=Explore.bfi.org.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=TV.com |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/nearest-and-dearest/ |title=Nearest and Dearest |publisher=TV.com |date=2008-04-21 |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.parkcircus.com/films/9309-nearest-and-dearest |title=Nearest And Dearest |publisher=Parkcircus.com |date= |accessdate=2014-02-22}}</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Hylda Baker]] as Nellie Pledge
*[[Jimmy Jewel]] as Eli Pledge
*[[Joe Gladwin]] as Stan
*[[Edward Malin]] as Walter
*[[Madge Hindle]] as Lily
*[[Norman Mitchell]] as Vernon Smallpiece
*[[Pat Ashton]] as Freda
*Bert Palmer as Bert
*[[Peter Madden (actor)|Peter Madden]] as the court bailiff
*[[Norman Chappell]] as a man on the bus
*[[Yootha Joyce]] as Mrs Rowbottom
*[[John Barrett (actor)|John Barrett]] as Joshua Pledge
*[[Carmel Cryan]] as the Club hostess
*Sue Hammer as Scarlet O'Hara
*Janie Collinge as Vinegar Vera
*[[Donald Bisset]] as Vicar
*[[Kerry Jewel]] as Claude
*Adele Warren as Mimi la Vere (stripper)
*[[Nosher Powell]] as a bouncer

==Critical reception==
[[Sky Movies]] said, "a kind of bumper bundle of seaside postcard jokes, with acting honours going to Jimmy Jewel, underrated as a character actor, and Yootha Joyce, who pops up as Mrs Rowbottom."<ref name="autogenerated1"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0282783}}

[[Category:1972 comedy films]]
[[Category:1972 films]]
[[Category:Films based on television series]]
[[Category:Hammer Film Productions films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1970s English-language films]]

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