Not Now, Darling (film)

Not Now, Darling
Not Now, Darling
	Original theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ray Cooney; David Croft;
Written by	John Chapman; Ray Cooney;
Starring	Leslie Phillips; Ray Cooney; Julie Ege; Bill Fraser; Moira Lister; Derren Nesbitt; Joan Sims; Barbara Windsor; Jack Hulbert; Cicely Courtneidge;
Cinematography	Alan Hume; John Rook;
Edited by	Peter Thornton
Music by	Cyril Ornadel
Distributed by	LMG Film Productions; Dimension Pictures;
Release date	1973;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Not Now, Darling is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ray Cooney and David Croft and starring Trudi Van Doorn, Leslie Phillips and Julie Ege.^[1] It was adapted from the 1967 play of the same title by John Chapman and Ray Cooney.^[2] The film is a farce centred on a shop in London that sells fur coats.^[3] A loosely related sequel Not Now, Comrade was released in 1976.^[4]

It was the last film to feature appearances by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert who had been a leading celebrity couple in the 1930s and 1940s.^[5]

Plot

Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to mobster Harry McMichaell, cheaply, for his wife Janie. Janie is Gilbert's mistress, and Gilbert wants to close the deal. However, instead of doing his own dirty work, he gets his reluctant partner Arnold Crouch to do it for him. Things go awry when Harry plans to buy the same coat for his own mistress, Sue Lawson, and the whole plan fails.

Cast

Trudi Van Doorn as Miss Whittington
Leslie Phillips as Gilbert Bodley
Julie Ege as Janie McMichael
Joan Sims as Miss Ambrosine Tipdale
Derren Nesbitt as Harry McMichael
Ray Cooney as Arnold Crouch
Bill Fraser as commissionaire
Jack Hulbert as Commander George Frencham
Cicely Courtneidge as Mrs Harriet Frencham
Barbara Windsor as Sue Lawson
Moira Lister as Maude Bodley
Jackie Pallo as Mr Lawson
Peter Butterworth as painter (uncredited)
Graham Stark as painter (uncredited)

References

↑ "Not Tonight, Darling". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
↑ "Not Now Darling (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.
↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Not Now Darling - Film". British Comedy Guide.
↑ "Not Now, Comrade (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017.
↑ "BFI Screenonline: Courtneidge, Cicely (1893-1980) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.

External links

Not Now, Darling at IMDb
Not Now, Darling at AllMovie
Not Now, Darling at the Internet Broadway Database
Not Now, Darling at British Comedy Guide
Not Now, Darling at ReelStreets

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[BFIsearch-1] "Not Tonight, Darling". British Film Institute Collections Search. Retrieved 5 December 2023.

[2] "Not Now Darling (1972)". BFI. Archived from the original on 26 April 2020.

[3] Guide, British Comedy. "Not Now Darling - Film". British Comedy Guide.

[4] "Not Now, Comrade (1976)". BFI. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017.

[5] "BFI Screenonline: Courtneidge, Cicely (1893-1980) Biography". www.screenonline.org.uk.

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