Father, Dear Father (film)

Father, Dear Father is a 1973 British comedy film directed by William G. Stewart and starring Patrick Cargill.[1][2] I was based on the Thames Television sitcom of the same title. The story is based on episodes from series 1 and 2.

Father, Dear Father
Theatrical film poster
Directed byWilliam G. Stewart
Written byBrian Cooke
Johnnie Mortimer
Produced byPeter J. Thompson
StarringPatrick Cargill
Natasha Pyne
Ann Holloway
Noel Dyson
Joyce Carey
Richard O'Sullivan
CinematographyAlan Hume
Edited byTimothy Gee
Music byNachum Heiman
Production
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Sedgemoor Film Productions
M.M. Film Productions
Distributed byJ. Arthur Rank Film Distributors
Release date
  • May 1973 (1973-05) (UK)
Running time
99 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Patrick feels his daughters need a mother so he decides to marry his agent Georgie, only then mistakenly to propose to the cleaning lady.[3]

Cast

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Some of the cast is different from the television series:

Critical reception

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The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "'With its scatterbrained but essentially "nice" bourgeois family who appear to encounter the working classes only in the shape of comic chars and milkmen, Father Dear Father runs along grooves largely abandoned by the cinema by the end of the Fifties but still travelled by many a television series. Structurally, too, the film betrays its origins, in that after a good deal of confusion, the ending brings all the characters safely back to the point at which they started. The plot limps from one cliché to another via the familiar devices of crossed purposes and mistaken identity, while the doggedly trivial banter of the dialogue becomes increasingly wearing as the film progresses."[4]

Sky Movies called it a "so-so comedy film version of the successful TV sitcom."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Father, Dear Father". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Father Dear Father | BFI | BFI". Explore.bfi.org.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Movies like 'Father Dear Father' (1973) : 100 similar movies ! (page 1/10)". Moviecus.com. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Father, Dear Father". The Monthly Film Bulletin. 40 (468): 124. 1 January 1973 – via ProQuest.
  5. ^ "Father Dear Father - Sky Movies HD". Skymovies.sky.com. 8 September 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2014.
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