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Friends and Neighbours is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Gordon Parry with Arthur Askey
Friends and Neighbours (1959)
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Add to a movie listLength 1h19
Directed by Gordon Parry
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Rating54%
Friends and Neighbours is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins and Peter Illing.
Synopsis
At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.Actors
Arthur Askey
(Albert Grimshaw)
Megs Jenkins
(Lily Grimshaw)
Peter Illing
(Nikita)
Tilda Thamar
(Olga)
Reginald Beckwith
(Wilf Holmes)
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