My Wife's Lodger

My Wife's Lodger

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1952

My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!

My Wife's Lodger

80 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1952

My Wife's Lodger
My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!
IMDb rating 4.9
Producers David Dent Productions
Original title My Wife's Lodger
Directors Maurice Elvey
Writers Dominic Roche, Stafford Dickens

Cast

Dominic Roche

as William "Willie" Higginbotham

Olive Sloane

as Maggie Ann Higginbotham

Leslie Dwyer

as Roger the Lodger

Diana Dors

as Eunice Higginbotham

Alan Sedgwick

as Tex

Vincent Dowling

as Norman Higginbotham

Vi Kaley

as Mother-in-Law