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{{Infobox film
| name = Young Wives' Tale
| image = Young_Wives'_Tale.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Henry Cass]]
| producer = [[Victor Skutezky]]
| based_on = ''[[Young Wives' Tale (play)|Young Wives' Tale]]'' by [[Ronald Jeans]]
| writer = [[Anne Burnaby]]<br/>
| narrator =
| starring = [[Joan Greenwood]] <br />[[Nigel Patrick]] <br />[[Derek Farr]] <br />[[Guy Middleton]]
| music = [[Philip Green (composer)|Philip Green]]
| cinematography = [[Erwin Hillier]]
| editing = [[Edward B. Jarvis]]
| distributor = Associated British-Pathé Limited {{small|(UK)}}
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1951|11||UK}}
| runtime = 79 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = £146,059 (UK)<ref>Vincent Porter, 'The Robert Clark Account', ''Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television'', Vol 20 No 4, 2000 p496</ref>
}}
'''''Young Wives' Tale''''', also known as '''''Fun for Four''''', is a 1951 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Henry Cass]] and starring [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Nigel Patrick]], [[Derek Farr]], and [[Guy Middleton]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bb73462|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225194216/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6bb73462|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 February 2018|title=Young Wives' Tale (1951)|website=BFI}}</ref> The film is based on the 1949 play ''[[Young Wives' Tale (play)|Young Wives' Tale]]'' by [[Ronald Jeans]]. It features one of [[Audrey Hepburn]]'s earliest film roles, albeit a minor one, as Eve Lester.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sbz-DQAAQBAJ&q=audrey+hepburn+early+role+in+young+wives%27+tale&pg=PT61|title=Audrey Hepburn: A Charmed Life|first=Robyn|last=Karney|date=15 June 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781611457131|via=Google Books}}</ref>

==Plot==
During the post-[[World War II]] housing shortage, Bruce and Mary are a married couple who both have professional jobs and own their own house, and they let out rooms, including to another married couple, Rodney and Sabina, because Sabina is a friend of Mary. Both couples have an infant child, and the presence of a nanny for the two children exacerbates the problems caused by the crowding. Another young female lodger and Sabina's persistent old beau intensify the tensions.

==Cast==
* [[Joan Greenwood]] as Sabina Pennant
* [[Nigel Patrick]] as Rodney Pennant
* [[Derek Farr]] as Bruce Banning
* [[Guy Middleton]] as Victor Manifold
* [[Athene Seyler]] as Nanny Gallop
* [[Helen Cherry]] as Mary Banning
* [[Audrey Hepburn]] as Eve Lester
* [[Fabia Drake]] as Nanny Blott
* [[Irene Handl]] as Nanny
* [[Brian Oulton]] as Man in pub
* [[Joan Sanderson]] as Nurse

==Critical reception==
''[[TV Guide]]'' noted "Broad humor is the order of the day," and rated the film 3/5 stars.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/movies/young-wives-tale/review/110192|title=Young Wives' Tale | TV Guide|website=TVGuide.com}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0044225|title=Young Wives' Tale}}

[[Category:1951 films]]
[[Category:Films shot at Associated British Studios]]
[[Category:1950s English-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Henry Cass]]
[[Category:Films set in London]]
[[Category:British comedy films]]
[[Category:1951 comedy films]]
[[Category:British black-and-white films]]
[[Category:British films based on plays]]
[[Category:1950s British films]]
[[Category:English-language comedy films]]

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