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When We Are Married

7.019872h MovieComedy

Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the fifth television film version of this play by J.B. Priestley made by the BBC.

DirectorBarry Davis
WriterJ. B. Priestley
ProducerShaun Sutton

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Cast · Directed by Barry Davis

PRPatricia Routledge
Patricia Routledge
Maria Helliwell
PVPeter Vaughan
Peter Vaughan
Alderman Joseph Helliwell
PSPrunella Scales
Prunella Scales
Annie Parker
TWTimothy West
Timothy West
Councillor Albert Parker
RLRosemary Leach
Rosemary Leach
Clara Soppitt
BCBernard Cribbins
Bernard Cribbins
Herbert Soppitt
TPTessa Peake-Jones
Tessa Peake-Jones
Nancy Holmes
SDSue Devaney
Sue Devaney
Ruby Birtle
PP
Patrick Pearson
Gerald Forbes
LSLiz Smith
Liz Smith
Mrs Northrop
GGGawn Grainger
Gawn Grainger
Fred Dyson
JAJoss Ackland
Joss Ackland
Henry Ormonroyd

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