Official poster of The Lovers!
⭐ 5.9/10
Movie • 1973

The Lovers!

ā€œI've heard it called some things, but Percy Filth just takes the biscuitā€

Comedy Drama
88 min

Synopsis

Reprising the television series roles which first made them household names, Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star as Geoffrey Scrimshaw and Beryl Battersby, a hesitant, inexperienced, young couple attempting to negotiate the sexual minefield of the ā€˜permissive’ society. This big-screen transfer of Jack Rosenthal’s hugely likeable sitcom sees old-fashioned girl Beryl continuing to slap down the advances of her frustrated boyfriend, whose clumsy attempts to initiate ā€˜Percy Filth’ suggest he’s not quite up to speed himself! Like everyone else, Geoffrey and Beryl want to fall in love – or they think they do; like everyone else, since Adam and Eve. But Adam and Eve didn’t live in Manchester in 1972…

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Release date 1973-01-01
Original language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0