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{{short description|1959 film by Gerald Thomas}}
{{more citations needed|date=May 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Please Turn Over
| image_size =
| image = Please Turn Over FilmPoster.jpeg
| caption =
| director = [[Gerald Thomas]]
| producer = [[Peter Rogers]]
| writer = [[Norman Hudis]]<br>Basil Thomas (play)
| starring = [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]]<br>[[Leslie Phillips]]<br>[[Julia Lockwood]]
| music = [[Edmund Crispin|Bruce Montgomery]]
| cinematography = [[Edward Scaife]]
| editing = John Shirley
| color_process = [[Black and white]]
| studio = Beaconsfield Productions
| distributor = [[Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors]]
| released = {{film date|df=y|1959|12||}}
| runtime = 87 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
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'''''Please Turn Over''''' is a 1959 British [[comedy film]] written by [[Norman Hudis]], produced by [[Peter Rogers]] and directed by [[Gerald Thomas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film9/blu-ray_review_133/please_turn_over_blu-ray.htm|title=Please Turn Over Blu-ray - Julia Lockwood|website=www.dvdbeaver.com}}</ref> It featured [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]], [[Julia Lockwood]], [[Jean Kent]], [[Joan Sims]], [[Leslie Phillips]], [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]], [[Lionel Jeffries]] and [[Victor Maddern]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32b25a|title=Please Turn Over (1960)|website=BFI}}</ref> The screenplay concerns an English town that is thrown into chaos when the daughter of one of the residents publishes a book detailing the supposed secrets of the inhabitants.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/please-turn-over-v106246|title=Please Turn Over (1960) - Gerald Thomas | Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related | AllMovie|via=www.allmovie.com}}</ref> It was based on the play ''Book of the Month'' by Basil Thomas.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1c7eCwAAQBAJ&dq=please+turn+over+1959+denis+gifford&pg=PA681|title=British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film|first=Denis|last=Gifford|date=1 April 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317740636|via=Google Books}}</ref>

The various story threads are unconnected other than that they are all covered within the controversial book.

The sexually ambiguous and provocative title is typical of British comedies of the period and has no direct link to the plot and only tangentially connects as a phrase that the doctor might say. It refers to a message commonly printed at the bottom of a card printed on two sides.

==Plot==
In a quiet [[England|English]] town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother, pompous father (Ted Ray), and fitness-obsessed aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his [[secretary]], Miss Millicent.

One morning, the local newspaper reveals that Jo has written a book—''Naked Revolt''—which is an instant [[bestseller]]. It tells the story of a young girl who discovers the truth about her family and neighbours, and flees to [[London]] to become a prostitute.

Unfortunately, the town's residents believe the book to be a true portrait of the family. Her father finds himself under suspicion at work, as his colleagues believe he has been stealing money, and her mother is regarded as a harlot who has been conducting a twenty-year affair with a retired army officer ([[Lionel Jeffries]]) who gives her driving lessons and is Jo's real father. Her local [[Physician|doctor]] ([[Leslie Phillips]]) is portrayed as a [[philanderer]] who is sexually involved with a number of his patients while ignoring the desperate advances of his drunken assistant, Jo's aunt.

In fact, none of this is true: her father is scrupulously honest and in love with her mother; the local doctor is a shy man, and the former army officer is simply a family friend. Jo has left town for London with a young [[playwright]], Robert Hughes, who is interested in turning her book into a play. After discovering they are kindred spirits, the two become engaged.

When they return home, Jo is confronted by her angry family and neighbours. The doctor is threatening to sue, and her father and mother have begun questioning each other's fidelity.

==Cast==
* [[Ted Ray (comedian)|Ted Ray]] - Edward Halliday
* [[Jean Kent]] - Janet Halliday
* [[Leslie Phillips]] - Dr. Henry Manners
* [[Joan Sims]] - Beryl, the maid
* [[Julia Lockwood]] - Jo Halliday
* [[Tim Seely]] - Robert Hughes, the playwright
* [[Charles Hawtrey (actor, born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]] - Jewellery Salesman
* [[Dilys Laye]] - Miss Jones, the secretary
* [[Lionel Jeffries]] - Ian Howard, the driving instructor
* [[June Jago]] - Gladys Worth, the Aunt
* [[Colin Gordon]] - Maurice
* [[Joan Hickson]] - Saleswoman
* [[Victor Maddern]] - Man at station
* [[Ronald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]] - Mr. Appleton
* [[Cyril Chamberlain]] - Mr. Jones
* [[Marianne Stone]] - Mrs. Waring
* [[Anthony Sagar]] - Barman
* [[Lee Patterson]] - Rod

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0053174}}

{{Gerald Thomas}}

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