Not Now, Darling (film)

For the play, see Not Now, Darling.

Not Now, Darling
Directed by	Ray Cooney David Croft
Written by	John Roy Chapman Ray Cooney
Starring	Leslie Phillips Moira Lister Julie Ege Jack Hulbert
Music by	Cyril Ornadel
Cinematography	Alan Hume John Rook
Editing by	Peter Thornton
Distributed by	LMG Film Productions
Release date(s)	Template:Film date1973
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Not Now, Darling is a 1973 British comedy film adapted from the play of the same title by John Chapman and Ray Cooney. The plot is a farce centered around a fur coat shop in central London. A loosely releated sequel Not Now, Comrade was released in 1976.

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.

Cast & Characters

• Trudi Van Doorn aka Geraldine Gardner - Miss Wittington
• Leslie Phillips – Gilbert Bodley
• Julie Ege – Janie McMichael
• Joan Sims – Miss Tipdale
• Ray Cooney – Arnold Crouch
• Bill Fraser – Commissionaire
• Jack Hulbert – Commander Frencham
• Cicely Courtneidge – Mrs. Frencham
• Derren Nesbitt – Harry McMichael
• Barbara Windsor – Sue Lawson
• Moira Lister – Maude Bodley
• Jackie Pallo – Mr. Lawson

References

External links

• Not Now, Darling at the Internet Movie Database
• Not Now, Darling at AllRovi
• Not Now, Darling at the Internet Broadway Database