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	== External links ==		== External links ==

	* {{IMDb title\|0055271\|Over the Odds}}		* {{IMDb title\|0055271\|Over the Odds}}
	~~{{Michael Forlong}}~~

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{{Short description|1961 British film by Michael Forlong}}
{{for|the 1918 novel by Arthur Wright|Over the Odds (novel)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Over the Odds
| image =
| caption =
| director = [[Michael Forlong]]
| producer = Alec Snowden
| writer = Ernest Player Rex Arundel
| music =
| cinematography = Norman Warwick
| editing = [[Reginald Beck]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Frances Cuka]] [[Marjorie Rhodes]] Glenn Melvyn [[Cyril Smith]] [[Esma Cannon]]
| studio = Jermyn Films
| distributor = [[Rank Film Distributors]]
| released = {{Film date|1961|11}}
| runtime = 65 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Over the Odds''''' is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Michael Forlong]] and starring [[Marjorie Rhodes]], [[Glenn Melvyn]], [[Cyril Smith (actor)|Cyril Smith]], [[Esma Cannon]] and [[Thora Hird]] and [[Wilfrid Lawson (actor)|Wilfrid Lawson]].<ref name="BFIsearch">{{Cite web |title=Over the Odds |url=https://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150068250 |access-date=15 August 2024 |website=British Film Institute Collections Search}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055271/|title = Over the Odds|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> The screenplay concerns a [[bookmaker]] who struggles to cope with his two [[mother-in-law|mothers-in-law]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66554 |title=BFI | Film & TV Database | OVER THE ODDS (1961) |access-date=18 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017173124/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66554 |archive-date=17 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was based on a play by [[Rex Arundel]].

==Cast==
* [[Marjorie Rhodes]] as Bridget Stone
* [[Glenn Melvyn]] as George Summers
* [[Cyril Smith (actor)|Cyril Smith]] as Sam
* [[Esma Cannon]] as Alice
* [[Thora Hird]] as Mrs Carter
* [[Wilfrid Lawson (actor)|Wilfrid Lawson]] as Willie Summers
* [[Frances Cuka]] as Hilda Summers
* [[Gwen Lewis]] as Mrs Small
* [[Rex Deering]] as butcher
* [[Patsy Rowlands]] as Marilyn
* [[Fred Griffiths (actor)|Fred Griffiths]] as fruit vendor
* [[Leslie Crowther]] as fishmonger

== Reception ==
''[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]]'' wrote: "A noisy, feeble farce which exploits the old mother-in-law theme twofold, with Marjorie Rhodes as number one, solid and belligerent, and Thora Hird as number two, violently vocal. Glenn Melvyn and Cyril Smith battle with ingenuous, obvious material, but Wilfrid Lawson comes off the best in a characteristic performance as the drunken father."<ref>{{Cite journal |date=1 January 1961 |title=Over the Odds |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1305821807/D28751F7158344AFPQ/1 |journal=[[The Monthly Film Bulletin]] |volume=28 |issue=324 |pages=171 |via=ProQuest}}</ref>

==References==
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== External links ==

* {{IMDb title|0055271|Over the Odds}}
{{Michael Forlong}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:1961 comedy films]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Shepperton Studios]]
[[Category:1960s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Michael Forlong]]
[[Category:1960s British films]]

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