Friends and Neighbours

Friends and Neighbours
Original UK quad poster
Directed by	Gordon Parry
Produced by	Bertram Ostrer
Written by	Talbot Rothwell Val Valentine Austin Steele (play)
Starring	Arthur Askey Megs Jenkins Peter Illing
Music by	Philip Green
Cinematography	Arthur Grant
Edited by	Bill Lenny
Release date	1959
Running time	79 mins.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Friends and Neighbours is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Arthur Askey, Megs Jenkins and Peter Illing.^[1]

Plot

At the height of the Cold War, a working-class British family have to entertain two visitors from Russia.

Cast

• Arthur Askey ... Albert Grimshaw
• Megs Jenkins ... Lily Grimshaw
• Peter Illing ... Nukita
• Tilda Thamar ... Olga
• Reginald Beckwith ... Wilf Holmes
• June Whitfield ... Doris Holmes
• Danny Ross ... Sebastian Green
• Catherine Feller ... Susan Grimshaw
• Jess Conrad ... Buddy Fisher
• George A. Cooper ... Wheeler, George
• Max Robertson ... TV announcer
• Arthur Howard ... Rev. Dobson
• Eynon Evans ... Shopkeeper
• Linda Castle ... Gloria Stockwell
• Ken Parry ... Sid
• Steven Scott ... Bus superintendent
• Richard Walter ... Bus inspector
• Donald Bisset ... Porter
• Anatole Smirnoff ... Russian embassy official
• Laurence Herder ... 1st Russian
• Paul Bogdan ... 2nd Russian
• Alan Scott ... 3rd Russian
• Dudley Jones ... Sam
• Robert Checksfield ... Policeman
• Ruth Kettlewell ... Woman in club
• Camilla Hasse ... 1st Girl
• Julia Sutton ... 2nd Girl
• Pauline Shepherd ... 3rd Girl
• Judy Cornwell ... 4th Girl

References

External links

• Friends and Neighbours on IMDb