Director: Maurice Elvey
Cast: Diana Dors
UK 1952/53 | Black & White | 190 mins | Drama
Avaliable on: DVD
This second release the BFI’s pioneering Adelphi Collection brings together two films directed by Maurice Elvey, both featuring sizzling performances from a young, sassy Diana Dors. In Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) American Army pilot Laurie Vining (Bonar Colleano) - on leave in London - is hoping for a little rest. But his idyllic bliss is shattered abruptly when his stunning ex, Candy - saucily played by Dors - unexpectedly arrives at his hotel, insisting that they're still married. Laurie enlists the assistance of wisecracking co-pilot Hank Hanlon (Sid James) and girl-shy lawyer Frank Betterton (David Tomlinson). But his troubles have only just begun... My Wife’s Lodger (1952) is the farcical tale of a soldier who returns home after six years to find that his place has become a boarding-house…