For Better, for Worse

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?

5.6

85 min

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

as Tony Howard

Susan Stephen

as Anne Howard

Cecil Parker

as John Purves

Eileen Herlie

as Helen Purves

Athene Seyler

as Miss Mainbrace

Dennis Price

as Mr. Debenham

Pia Terri

as Mrs. Debenham

James Hayter

as Plumber

Thora Hird

as Mrs. Doyle

George Woodbridge

as Alf

Charles Victor

as Fred

Sidney James

as Foreman

Peter Jones

as Car Dealer

Edwin Styles

as Anne's Boss

Mary Law

as Girl in Office

Leonard Sharp

as Workman

Dennis Wyndham

as Workman

Robin Bailey

as Store Salesman

Digby Wolfe

as Grocer's Assistant

Geoffrey Hibbert

as Butcher's Assistant

Ronnie Stevens

as Fishmonger's Assistant

Wilfred Boyle

as Bank Cashier (uncredited)

Juleen Clow

as Girl (uncredited)

Alma Cogan

as Singer in Film (voice) (uncredited)

Jackie Collins

as Glamour Girl (uncredited)

Isabel George

as (uncredited)

Edmund Hockridge

as Singer in Film (voice) (uncredited)

Jocelyn Lane

as (uncredited)

Arthur Mullard

as (uncredited)

Director

J. Lee Thompson