Comedy drama starring Harry H Corbett and Diane Cilento. Percy Winthram is in his late thirties, obsessed with football, inexperienced in love and dominated by his mother. Then his life is turned upside down when he meets an attractive woman at a Soho bar.
Harry H Corbett strays into Norman Wisdom territory in this disappointing comedy drama from the husband-and-wife team of Sydney and Muriel Box. In adapting his play for the big screen, Charles Dyer so overdoes the pathos that what few laughs there are seem rather cruel and out of place. As the innocent following his football team to Wembley, Corbett is unconvincingly wide-eyed, although his scenes with Diane Cilento's prostitute have a certain sweetness about them. The remainder, however, reeks of contrivance, with the banter between the fans continually ringing false, while the patronising depiction of northerners is most irksome.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Percy Winthram | Harry H Corbett |
| Cyrenne | Diane Cilento |
| Mrs Winthram | Thora Hird |
| Ginger | Michael Medwin |
| Chalky | Charles Dyer |
| Ozzie | Hugh Futcher |
| Fred | Brian Wilde |
| Ricardo | Alexander Davion |
| Mario | David Saire |
| Iris | Barbara Archer |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Muriel Box |
