The Love Ban

The Love Ban
Directed by	Ralph Thomas
Based on	the play It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World by Kevin Laffan
Produced by	Betty E. Box
Starring	Hywel Bennett Nanette Newman Angharad Rees
Cinematography	Tony Imi
Edited by	Roy Watts
Music by	Stanley Myers
Production company	Welbeck Films
Distributed by	British Lion Films
Release date	25 January 1973
Running time	96 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Love Ban is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Hywel Bennett, Nanette Newman and Milo O'Shea. It was based on a play by Kevin Laffan. It is also known under the alternative titles of It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World and Anyone for Sex?

Plot

A married couple with six children experience marital difficulties. Wife Kate refuses to sleep with husband Mick until he uses birth control, while their live-in au-pair falls pregnant.

Cast

• Hywel Bennett as Mick Goonahan
• Nanette Newman as Kate Goonahan
• Milo O'Shea as Father Andrew
• Angharad Rees as Jackie
• Nicky Henson as Baker
• Georgina Hale as Joyce
• Madeline Smith as Miss Partridge
• Peter Barkworth as Bra Factory Director
• John Cleese as Contraceptives Lecturer
• Marianne Stone as Customer In Chemists
• Nina Baden-Semper as Skyline Waitress
• Cheryl Hall as Pregnant Woman
• Jacki Piper as Pregnant Woman
• David Howey as Barber
• Tommy Godfrey as Barber
• James Leith as Policeman
• Tony Haygarth as Policeman

Production

The film was based on a 1969 play by Kevin Laffan, It's a 2'6" Above the Ground World. Laffan was one of 14 children from a devout Roman Catholic family and his critical view on the Church's stance on birth control was a recurring theme of his work. The play starred Prunella Scales in a production at the Bristol Old Vic, and was a hit, moving to the Wyndham's Theatre.

Filming

It was shot at Shepperton Studios with sets designed by the art director Anthony Pratt.

External links

• The Love Ban at IMDb