Young Wives' Tale
5.5
“...and what a tale!”
A post-war housing crisis leaves a shy woman to share a house with two couples. Comic situations arise as the new roomer becomes infatuated with one of the husbands.
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Cast
20 people
Joan Greenwood
Sabina Pennant
Known for
Kind Hearts and Coronets
The Man in the White Suit
Nigel Patrick
Rodney Pennant
Known for
The League of Gentlemen
Sapphire
Anne Burnaby
Henry Cass
Victor Skutezky
Derek Farr
Bruce Banning
Known for
The Dam Busters
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Ronald Jeans
Guy Middleton
Victor Manifold
Also in
Laughter in Paradise
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Athene Seyler
Nanny Gallop
Known for
Night of the Demon
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
Helen Cherry
Mary Banning
Known for
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Last Holiday
Audrey Hepburn
Eve Lester
Known for
Breakfast at Tiffany's
My Fair Lady
Fabia Drake
Nanny Blott
Known for
A Room with a View
Valmont
Henry Cass Director · Anne Burnaby Screenplay Ronald Jeans Writer
Worldwide gross $146M · United States release June 9, 1952 · Produced in United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$146,059,000
Production
Associated British Picture Corporation
Production
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · November 1, 1951
Theatrical
United States · June 9, 1952
Austria
January 1, 1952
Denmark
April 5, 1954
Finland
May 27, 1955
Germany
January 1, 1952
Sweden
April 4, 1955
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