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The Lovers!
“I've heard it called some things, but Percy Filth just takes the biscuit”
6.0 / 10• 1973• 1h 28m•NR• English
ComedyDrama
Storyline
Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ‘permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ‘Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…
Cast & Crew
Richard Beckinsale
Geoffrey Scrimshaw
Lead
Paula Wilcox
Beryl Battersby
Susan Littler
Sandra
Rosalind Ayres
Veronica
AN
Anthony Naylor
Neville
NS
Nikolas Simmonds
Roland
JS
Joan Scott
Beryl's Mum
SM
Stella Moray
Geoffrey's Mum
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Herbert Wise's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Lovers! is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
