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My Wife's Lodger is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Maurice Elvey released in USA on 1 october 1952 with Olive Sloane

My Wife's Lodger (1952)

My Wife's Lodger
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Released in USA 1 october 1952
Length 1h20
Directed by
Genres Comedy
Rating50% 2.500832.500832.500832.500832.50083

My Wife's Lodger is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane and Leslie Dwyer. A soldier returns home after the Second World War only to find a spiv lodger has established himself in his place. It was based on the play My Wife's Lodger written by Roche.

Actors

Olive Sloane

(Maggie Ann Higginbotham)Leslie Dwyer

(Roger the Lodger)Diana Dors

(Eunice Higginbotham)Vincent Dowling

(Norman Higginbotham)Martin Wyldeck

(Policeman)
And :
Ronald Adam
Wally Patch
Toke Townley
Harry Locke
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