The Lovers!

The Lovers! (1973) is a comedy, drama film directed by Herbert Wise rated 6.0/10.

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…

Cast

Richard Beckinsale

Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Paula Wilcox

Beryl Battersby

Susan Littler

Sandra

Rosalind Ayres

Veronica

Anthony Naylor

Neville

Nikolas Simmonds

Roland

Joan Scott

Beryl's Mum

Stella Moray

Geoffrey's Mum

John Comer

Geoffrey's Dad

Pamela Moiseiwitsch

Enid

Bruce Watt

Jeremy

Paul Greenwood

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