Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width (film)

Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width
UK theatrical poster
Directed by	Ronnie Baxter
Written by	Harry Driver Vince Powell
Produced by	Ronnie Baxter
Starring	John Bluthal Joe Lynch
Cinematography	Ken Hodges
Edited by	Dev Goodman
Music by	Ronald Cass
Production company	EMI Films
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	3 January 1973
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width is a rarely seen 1973 British comedy film directed by Ronnie Baxter and starring John Bluthal, Joe Lynch and Bernard Stone. It was a spin-off from the ITV television series Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width about two mismatched tailors in the East End of London.

Plot

In the course of the film, Manny and Patrick hire a sexy new assistant Rita, seriously fall out after a gambling incident, experience woman trouble, find themselves burgled, and eventually end up on holiday in Rome after posing as priests. Rita is played by Wendy King

Cast

• John Bluthal as Manny Cohen
• Joe Lynch as Patrick Kelly
• Yootha Joyce as Mrs. Finch
• Wendy King as Rita
• Ann Beach as Bridie
• Eddie Byrne as Father Ignatious
• Bernard Stone as Nathan
• Bill Maynard as Larkin
• David Nettheim as Rabbi
• Ivor Dean as Bishop Rourke
• David Kelly as Murphy
• Jerold Wells as Tramp
• Vicki Woolf as Maria
• Hilary Farr as Gina (as Hilary Labow)
• Paddy Joyce as Riley
• Steve Plytas as Swiss Guard
• Peter Denyer as Lad

Critical reception

Sky Movies wrote, "although one of the better TV spin-offs, this is not so much a feature film as three episodes strung together by a tenuous overall storyline. Indeed, the episodes, chronicling the abrasive love-hate relationship between two East London tailors - one Irish, the other Jewish - are themselves composed of sketches."

External links

• Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width at IMDb