Based on the Thames Television series, the film features Ada (Irene Handl) and Walter Bingley (Wilfred Pickles) who, although nearly in their Seventies, are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Unknown to them, Ada's daughter Ruth (Barbara Mitchell) and her husband Leslie (Jack Smethurst) have organised a surprise celebration party for them that evening.

However, things start to go wrong early in the day when Walter's business partner Arthur (Arthur English) almost lets slip the news of the party. The day continues to go downhill from there with the happy couple falling out over Ada's new blonde wig, Walter losing the money he was using to buy Ada's present and then finding it has been spent on a new coat and Ada hearing that Walter has been knocked down by a car...and that's just the start of it.

Cast In Alphabetical Order

Andrea Lawrence as Sandra Arthur English as Arthur Arthur White as Hospital Porter Barbara Mitchell as Ruth Pollitt Betty Hare as Pensioner Brian Tully as Fourth Mourner Cecily Hullett as Mrs Skinner Colin Cunningham as Colin David Collings as Mr Johnson Donald Bisset as Mr Chapman Duggie Brown as Duggie Gareth Hunt as Policeman Hilda Braid as Mrs Armitage Irene Handl as Ada Bingley Jack Smethurst as Leslie Pollitt Jean Marlow as Second Mourner Joan Scott as Hospital Sister John Boxer as Vicar John Tatham as Pensioner on Coach Trip (uncredited) Johnnie Wade as Alan Larry Martyn as Brian Nancy Nevinson as Elsie Lockwood Nicholas Ram as Anthony Pollitt Norman Atkyns as Charlie Nugent Patsy Kensit as Little Girl (uncredited) Paul Luty as Bert (uncredited) Rose Hill as Third Mourner Rose Power as First Mourner Tessa Shaw as Fanny (uncredited) Veronica Doran as Carol Wilfred Pickles as Walter Bingley Winifred Braemar as Pensioner Winifred Sabine as Winnie

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Produced by Peter J. Thompson Directed by Ronnie Baxter Screenplay by Harry Driver & Vince Powell Running Time 84 minutes. Theatrical Release 1972