Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)

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1h 18min

An American soldier stationed in England is ready to go on his honeymoon with his new wife when his ex-wife, a gorgeous blonde, shows up and insists that they're still married. His two buddies try to help him out of his predicament, but his troubles are only just starting.

Maurice ElveyDirector

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Bonar Colleano

Commander Laurence "Laurie" Vining

Diana Decker

Gillian Vining

Diana Dors

Candy Markham

Sid James

Hank Hanlon

David Tomlinson

Frank Betterton

Audrey Freeman

Lucy

MacDonald Parke

Adm. William D. Fields

Lou Jacobi

Capt. Noakes

Hubert Woodward

Hicks

Eileen Sands

Lt. Babs Browning

Peter Butterworth

Liftman

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November 12, 2022

Celebrated American wartime pilot "Vining" (Bonar Colleano) returns to the UK with his new wife "Gillian" (Diana Decker) to be met by his old chum "Hank" (Sidney James). On the drive to their lodgings his pal regales the new wife with tales of her husband's ex-girlfriend "Candy" (Diana Dors). Unfortunately, the media report his arrival with new wife "Candy" by mistake and when the latter woman discovers this she heads to his home where a mischievous confrontation ensues - who is married to whom? It's only eighty minutes long but it seems much longer. The joke wears thin quickly and the performances from Colleano, the annoying James and a rather irritating contribution for the lawyer "Betterton" (David Tomlinson) stretch this out in an increasingly cringe-making fashion. The jaunty score tries hard to compensate for the predictable storyline and rotten dialogue and I found it quite heavy going.