A girl, a boy, a tender, funny, terrible wedding night.
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
- 6.5
- 1966
- Released
- 1h 55m
Hayley Mills
Jenny Piper
Hywel Bennett
Arthur Fitton
John Mills
Ezra Fitton
Marjorie Rhodes
Lucy Fitton
Avril Angers
Liz Piper
John Comer
Leslie Piper
Wilfred Pickles
Uncle Fred
Murray Head
Geoffrey Fitton
Liz Fraser
Molly Thompson
Barry Foster
Joe Thompson
Andy Bradford
Eddie
Thorley Walters
Vicar
Colin Gordon
Mr Hutton, Travel Agent
Robin Parkinson
Mr Phillips, Travel Agent's Assistant
Lesley Daine
Dora
Ruth Trouncer
Marriage Guidance Counsellor
Harry Locke
Mr Stubbs, Housing Officer
Maureen O'Reilly
Miss Hunt, Housing Officer's SecretaryMichael Cadman
LenHazel Bainbridge
Mrs Bell
Diana Coupland
Mrs RoseFanny Carby
Mrs StoneHelen Booth
Mrs Lee
Margaret Lacey
Mrs HarrisRosalind Elliot
Marriage Guidance Counsellor's Secretary (uncredited)
Windsor Davies
Man in Crowd Outside Travel Agents (uncredited)
Kathy Staff
Neighbour (uncredited)
Keith Marsh
Fish and Chip Van Proprietor (uncredited)
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There is quite a fun dynamic on display here from Hayley Mills ("Jenny") and her new husband "Arthur" (Hywel Bennett) as they have to make their way in a new married world fraught with difficulties. They have little money, so live with his well meaning but slightly domineering parents "Ezra" (John Mills) and "Lucy" (Marjorie Rhodes) and an accident with their bed puts paid to any hanky-panky! Thei
The Family Way seems to have had a splashy release for a couple of reasons. It involved a topic rarely dealt with: an unconsummated new marriage, and the debut of Harley Mills in an adult role. I know when I was in the throes of puberty I would have been gobsmacked if I had been allowed to see the naked back of Hayley Mills, whom I had boyishly fancied in her Disney movies. It is a pretty good mov