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Please Turn Over. Image shows from L to R: Josephine Halliday / 'Blanche Gaunt' (Julia Lockwood), Dr. Henry Manners / 'Dr. Adam Gay' (Leslie Phillips). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions
Please Turn Over

Please Turn Over

  • 1959 film

An average family's life is turned upside down when their teenage daughter writes a best-selling steamy novel. Stars Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Julia Lockwood and more.

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Please Turn Over. Beryl / 'Madeleine' (Joan Sims). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
1959
Stars
Ted Ray, Jean Kent, Leslie Phillips, Joan Sims, Julia Lockwood, Tim Seely, Charles Hawtrey, Dilys Laye and more
Writers
Basil Thomas and Norman Hudis
Director
Gerald Thomas
Producer
Peter Rogers
Company

A small town becomes a hotbed of scandal when 17 year-old Jo has her first novel published - a steamy novel whose characters are extremely thinly veiled versions of her family and their friends!

Completely unbeknownst to her parents or aunt, Naked Revolt has been picked up by a major publisher and become an overnight sales sensation, dubbed 'Book of the Month' and is captivating housewives across the land with its tales of sordid romances and scandalous liaisons. It comes as quite a shock to Mr and Mrs Halliday, who weren't aware their daughter read at all, never mind wrote works of her own, and quickly plunges the family into scandal!

A much bigger shock befalls them - plus Jo's aunt Gladys and her employer, Dr Manners - as it quickly becomes apparent that everyone else in the town thinks the stories are true; from the protagonist's embezzling accountant father, to "Dr Gay's" effortless seduction of his female patients, not to mention an array of extra-marital affairs.

Attempting to come to terms with their new-found fame, the Halliday household are exasperated and Dr Manners threatens to sue; Josephine, meanwhile, has been approached by an acclaimed "angry young man" playwright who wants to adapt her genius for the stage.

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Additional details

UK certificate
A
Duration
86 minutes
UK release
December 1959
Distributors

Anglo Amalgamated

Also known as
  • Please Turn Over!
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white

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Broadcast details

Most recent repeats
  • Wednesday 4th August 2021 at 2:05pm on TPTV
  • Tuesday 4th May 2021 at 7:45am on TPTV
  • Friday 22nd January 2021 at 2:20am on TPTV

Recording details

  • Beaconsfield - Railway station and street scenes
  • Bath Road (Slough) - Mr. Halliday's office exterior at the Sara Lee factory
  • Pinewood Studios - Studios

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