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Bless This House (Original title)
Dates: 1972 (Copyright), 1972 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Gerald Thomas

Synopsis: Sid's attempt at do-it-yourself decorating starts a feud between two families: the Abbots and the Baines. After a series of events, the feud is resolved when Mike Abbot marries Kate Baines. Based on the T.V. series.

Genre:
Comedy
Releases
Date: 1972Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Length: 7990 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (24)
Production Company: Peter Rogers Productions, Produced by: Peter Rogers, Production Manager: Roy Goddard, Assistant Director: David Bracknell, Continuity: Joy Mercer, Screenplay by: Dave Freeman, Director of Photography: Alan Hume, Camera Operator: Godfrey Godar, Editor: Alfred Roome, Art Director: Lionel Couch, Assistant Art Director: Bill Bennison, Set Decorator: John Jarvis, Set Dresser: John Jarvis, Costume Designer: Courtenay Elliott, Make-up: Geoffrey Rodway, Hairdresser: Stella Rivers, Titles: G.S.E. Limited, Processed by: Rank Film Laboratories, Music Composed and Conducted by: Eric Rogers, Sound Recordist: Bill Daniels, Ken Barker, Dubbing Editor: Patrick Foster, Made at: Pinewood Studios
Cast (33)
Sidney James (Sid Abbot), Diana Coupland (Jean Abbot), Terry Scott (Ronald Baines), June Whitfield (Vera Baines), Peter Butterworth (Trevor Lewis), Sally Geeson (Sally Abbot), Robin Askwith (Mike Abbot), Carol Hawkins (Kate Baines), Janet Brown (Annie Hobbs), George A. Cooper (Wilson), Patsy Rowlands (Betty Lewis), Bill Maynard (Oldham), Wendy Richard (Carol), Marianne Stone (Muriel), Tommy Godfrey (Murray), Johnny Briggs (open truck driver), Norman Mitchell (police sergeant), Brian Osborne (removal van driver), Lindsay Marsh (Myra), Myrtle Reed (customer in Kwik Snak Cafe), Maggie Wright (Daphne), Michael Howe (Wilfred), David Rowlands (photographer), Julian Orchard (Tom Hobbs), Ed Devereaux (Jim), Frank Thornton (Jones), Patricia Franklin (Mary), Marjie Lawrence (Alma), Michael Nightingale (vicar), Molly Weir (old lady), Margaret Lacey (Vicar's wife), Georgina Moon (Moira), Billy Cornelius (police constable)