The Love Hypothesis
2026 · Romance · Comedy
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Film / 1954
For Better, for Worse
Directed by
J. Lee Thompson
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?
The story
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?
Cast
Dirk BogardeTony Howard
Susan StephenAnne Howard
Cecil ParkerJohn Purves
Eileen HerlieHelen Purves
Athene SeylerMiss Mainbrace
Dennis PriceMr. Debenham
Pia TerriMrs. Debenham
James HayterPlumber
Thora HirdMrs. Doyle
George WoodbridgeAlf
Charles VictorFred
Sidney JamesForeman
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Peter JonesCar Dealer
Edwin StylesAnne's Boss
Mary LawGirl in Office
Leonard SharpWorkman
Dennis WyndhamWorkman
Robin BaileyStore Salesman
Digby WolfeGrocer's Assistant
Geoffrey HibbertButcher's Assistant
Ronnie StevensFishmonger's Assistant
Wilfred BoyleBank Cashier (uncredited)
Juleen ClowGirl (uncredited)
Alma CoganSinger in Film (voice) (uncredited)
Jackie CollinsGlamour Girl (uncredited)
Isabel George(uncredited)
Edmund HockridgeSinger in Film (voice) (uncredited)
Jocelyn Lane(uncredited)
Arthur Mullard(uncredited)
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