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For Better, for Worse

1954 · 1h 25m · Comedy, Romance · United Kingdom · Rated PG (GB)

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?

Written & directed by
J. Lee Thompson
Starring
Dirk Bogarde, Susan Stephen, Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie
6.0Smart score

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london, englandnewlywedpost-war england
RatingPG (GB)

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