Please Turn Over (Original title)Book of the Month (Working title)P.T.O. (Alternative title)
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 25 January 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gerald Thomas
Synopsis: The teenage daughter of a respectable suburban family writes a successful and scandalous novel based on people she knows, which causes much agitation in the family circle.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Suburbs, Family
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7834 FeetDialogue (original): English
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n313 February 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 20 Jan 1960
Title: [Variety - 20 Jan 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2725 24 Dec 1959 Page: 27
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2725 24 Dec 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8245 18 Dec 1959 Page: 11
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8245 18 Dec 1959: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7682 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-129214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film
Dates: 1959 (Copyright), 25 January 1960 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Gerald Thomas
Synopsis: The teenage daughter of a respectable suburban family writes a successful and scandalous novel based on people she knows, which causes much agitation in the family circle.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Suburbs, Family
Releases
Date: 1959Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 87 mins Length: 7834 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
(25)
©: Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Limited, Production Company: Beaconsfield Films Ltd., {Presents}: Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Limited, Produced by: Peter Rogers, Production Manager: Frank Bevis, Assistant Director: Peter Manley, Continuity: Joan Davis, Casting Director: Betty White, Screenplay by: Norman Hudis, From the play 'Book of the Month' by: Basil Thomas, Director of Photography: Ted Scaife, Camera Operator: Alan Hume, Editor: John Shirley, Art Director: Carmen Dillon, Set Dressing: Robert Cartwright, Wardrobe: Laurell Staffell, Make-up: Alex Garfath, Hairdressing: Freda Steiger, Music Composed and Directed by: Bruce Montgomery, Sound Recordist: Robert T. MacPhee, Gordon K. McCallum, Sound Editor: Leslie Wiggins, Sound System: Westrex Recording System, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast
(28)
Ted Ray (Edward Halliday), Jean Kent (Janet Halliday), Leslie Phillips (Dr Henry Manners), Joan Sims (Beryl), Julia Lockwood (Jo Halliday), Tim Seely (Robert Hughes), Charles Hawtrey (jeweller), Dilys Laye (Millicent Jones), Lionel Jeffries (Ian Howard), June Jago (Gladys Worth), Colin Gordon (Maurice), Joan Hickson (saleswoman), Victor Maddern (Smithy), Ronald Adam (Appleton), Cyril Chamberlain (Jones), Myrtle Reed, Marianne Stone, Leigh Madison, Eleanor Summerfield, Anthony Sagar, George Street, Ursula Hirst, Lucy Griffiths, Beryl Hardy, Noël Dyson, Paul Cole, Celia Hewitt, George Howell
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
(4)
In: Monthly Film Bulletin v27 n313 February 1960 Page: 25Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v27 n313 February 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Variety 20 Jan 1960
Title: [Variety - 20 Jan 1960: no known title]Language: English
In: Kine Weekly n2725 24 Dec 1959 Page: 27
Title: [Kine Weekly - n2725 24 Dec 1959: no known title]Language: English
In: The Daily Cinema n8245 18 Dec 1959 Page: 11
Title: [The Daily Cinema - n8245 18 Dec 1959: no known title]Language: English
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm BW PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 7682 FeetStock date: 1959BFI identifier: C-129214
Status: Master - Restricted access to preserved film