The Lovers!

The Lovers!

88 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1973

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…

The Lovers!

88 mins | Drama, Comedy | Jan. 1, 1973

The Lovers!
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…
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers British Lion Films
Original title The Lovers!
Directors Herbert Wise, Barrie Melrose
Writers Jack Rosenthal

Cast

Richard Beckinsale

as Geoffrey Scrimshaw

Paula Wilcox

as Beryl Battersby

Susan Littler

as Sandra

Rosalind Ayres

as Veronica

Anthony Naylor

as Neville

Nikolas Simmonds

as Roland

Joan Scott

as Beryl's Mum

Stella Moray

as Geoffrey's Mum

John Comer

as Geoffrey's Dad

Bruce Watt

as Jeremy

Paul Greenwood

as Trainee Manager

Bernard Latham

as 'Handsome'

Karen Ford

as Foreign Girl

James Snell

as Doctor

Mary Henry

as Jumble Sale Woman

Ian Gray

as Bookstall Assistant