A Rather English Marriage

A Rather English Marriage

1998 · 104 min · ★ 5.5 · Drama, TV Movie

A squadron leader and a retired milkman decide to bury their differences and move in together after they are both widowed on the very same night. They become a companionable if odd couple, until their unlikely friendship is threatened by the arrival of an alluring woman with a hidden agenda.

Directed by Paul Seed

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