The Love Match (1955)

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After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.

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Arthur Askey
Arthur Askey as Bill Brown Died 1982 · Liverpool, England, UK Arthur Askey was a diminutive British comedian, born in 1900. He began his professional career as a music hall performer in 1924, but it wasn't until 1938's Band Wagon (which lasted a full five se...
Thora Hird
Thora Hird as Sal Brown Died 2003 · Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK Dame Thora Hird, DBE was an English actress and comedian of stage and screen, presenter and writer. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 film and television roles, becomin...
Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton as Rose Brown Age 89 · Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK Shirley Eaton (born 12 January 1937) is an English actress. Eaton appeared regularly in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s, and achieved notability for her performance as Bond Girl Jill Mas...
James Kenney
James Kenney as Percy Brown Died 1987 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK James Kenney was an English actor whose boyish charm found him regular film and stage roles throughout the 1950's Named after his father, music hall comedian Horace Kenney, he chose to use his middle...
Patricia Hayes
Patricia Hayes as Emma Binns Died 1998 · Streatham, London, England, UK Patricia Lawlor Hayes OBE (22 December 1909 – 19 September 1998) was an English character actress..
William Franklyn
William Franklyn as Arthur Ford Died 2016 · Kensington, London, England, UK William Franklyn was a British actor, perhaps best known for voicing the "Schhh... You Know Who" adverts for Schweppes from 1965 to 1973. He also performed on stage, film, television and radio, takin...

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