Please Turn Over

Infobox Film
name = Please Turn Over
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director = Gerald Thomas
writer = Norman Hudis
Basil Thomas
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starring = Ted Ray
Leslie Phillips
Julia Lockwood
distributor = Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors
released = 1959
runtime = flagicon|UK 87 minutes
country = UK
language = English
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imdb_id = 0053174

Please Turn Over is a 1959 British comedy film written by Norman Hudis and directed by Gerald Thomas. It featured Ted Ray, Julia Lockwood, Jean Kent, Joan Sims, Leslie Phillips, Charles Hawtrey, Lionel Jeffries and Victor Maddern. An English village is thrown into chaos when the daughter of one of the residents publishes a book detailing the supposed secrets of the inhabitants. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053174/]

Plot

In the quiet suburbs of an English town, seventeen-year-old Jo Halliday lives a fairly boring life working as a hairdresser and living at home, with her nagging mother and pompous father fitness obsessed Aunt. Her father, an accountant, continually wishes that his dreamy, untidy daughter could be more like his secretary Miss Jones.

One morning the local newspaperthat reveals she has authored a book - The Naked Revolt, which is an instant bestseller. It tells the story of a young girl who discovers the truth about her family and neighbours, and flees to London to become a prostitute.

Unfortunately the town's residents believe the book to be a true reflection of the family. Her father finds himself under suspicion at work, as his colleagues believe he has been stealing money, and her mother is regarded as a harlot who has been conducting a twenty year affair with a retired army officer who gives her driving lessons. Her local Doctor is painted as a philanderer who is sexually involved with a number of his patients while ignoring the desperate advances of his drunken assistant, Jo's Aunt.

In fact none of these things are true, her father is scrupulously honest and in love with her mother. The local Doctor is a shy man, and the former army officer is simply a driving instructor. Jo has left town for London with a young playwrite who is interested in turning her book into a play. After discovering they are kindred spirits, the two become engaged.

When they return home Jo is confronted by her angry family and neighbours. The Doctor is threatening to sue, and her father and mother have even begun questioning each others fidelity.

Cast

* Julia Lockwood - Jo Halliday
* Ted Ray - Edward Halliday
* Jean Kent - Janet Halliday
* Leslie Phillips - Dr. Henry Manners
* Joan Sims - Beryl, the maid
* June Jago - Gladys, the Aunt
* Lionel Jeffries - Ian Howard, the driving instructor
* Tim Seely - Robert Hughes, the playwrite
* Dilys Laye - Miss Jones, the secretary
* Charles Hawtry - Jewellry Salesman
* Joan Hickson - Saleswoman
* Victor Maddern - Man at station

External links

*imdb title|0053174

References