What Every Woman Wants

It's a crowded Manchester home, with grand dad, the married couple, their two grown children, one of whom has married the communist at the mill. The son of the house has an understanding with the girl next door, and they have trouble finding a spot for their courting. And then cousin William Sylvester shows up, with a leg shot off in battle, and the daughter of the house and he spark spark at each other. Will Patric Doonan decide there are things more important than class warfare, or will local gossip destroy the family.

It's a fabulous cast, including Brenda de Banzies, and a Prunella Scales so young she's unrecognizable to those who know her from playing John Cleese's long-suffering wife, and Joan Hickson as the sharp-tongued and small-minded neighbor. Under the direction of Maurice Elvey, we are introduced to the characters, and while some don't have as much screen time as I'd like, the story bumps along in an explication of a fairly broad-minded and caring famil