My Wife’s Lodger – 1952 | 80 mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Dated and unfunny provincial comedy directed by veteran Maurice Elvey and adapted from Dominic Roche’s stage farce. The low-budget Adelphi production remains stagebound with the majority of proceedings taking place in the Higginbotham living room, and only an early appearance from Diana Dors makes the film noteworthy.

Upon returning home after being demobbed following six years of military service, Willie Higginbotham (Dominic Roche) returns finds the welcome decidedly lukewarm. His home now resembles a merry-go-round with the deaf mother-in-law (Vi Kaley) having moved in, flighty daughter Eunice (Diana Dors) looking to marry, his son, and his wife Maggie (Olive Sloane) seemingly more impressed with Roger the lodger.

During Willie’s absence his wife took in a lodger, shady black marketeer Roger (Leslie Dwyer), who is loved by all the family and becomes Willie’s chief adversary. Wilie then is then joined by a fellow serviceman, drunken American GI Tex (Alan Sedgwick), who had been dancing with Eunice at the Palais. The following day Willie has sobered up and sets about exposing Roger as a crook, whilst Tex remembers he’s brought important news for the Higginbotham family.