For Better, for Worse

For Better, for Worse

1954 · 85 min · ★ 5.8 · Comedy, Romance

In postwar London a young graduate and his girlfriend decide to marry. Her well-to-do parents are not convinced, but they agree once he has got a £5.10.0 job and a 30/- a week single-room flat. The newly-weds find money fearfully tight, the flat cramped, the neighbours a trial, and her parents always hovering. Can faith conquer all? Is there some way of getting rid of tea-leaves except down the sink?

Directed by J. Lee Thompson · Written by J. Lee Thompson

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Dirk Bogarde Tony Howard
Susan Stephen Anne Howard
Cecil Parker John Purves
Eileen Herlie Helen Purves
Athene Seyler Miss Mainbrace
Dennis Price Mr. Debenham
Pia Terri Mrs. Debenham
James Hayter Plumber
Thora Hird Mrs. Doyle
George Woodbridge Alf
Charles Victor Fred
Sidney James Foreman

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