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Run for your life, a 1988 italianbritish film directed by terence young. Run for your wife premieres in london now to a brand new film thats a pretty old story. A director who hasnt made a film since carryon knockoff not now, comrade in 1976. John smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. Smith, a london cab driver, who literally has two lives, complete with two. With danny dyer, denise van outen, sarah harding, neil morrissey. The end result feels more like a museum relic than a zinging contemporary comedy. His 1983 farce, from which it is adapted, ran for nearly nine years in the west end and is still. His role in the tv comedy drama benidorm was broadcast in january 2016. Sarah harding stars as stephanie smith and danny dyer stars as john smith in ballpark film distributors run for your wife 20. She is also perhaps best known for the role of carly wicks in the bbc soap opera eastenders from 2006 to 2008. Run for your wife is a ukmade 2012 film, based on the theatre farce run for your wife, written by ray cooney, who along with john luton also directed the film. Danny dyer plays a taxi driver struggling to keep his bigamous relationship with two women a secret.
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She has also copresented programmes for bbc2 and channel 5. John smith is a taxi driver and the happiest man in the world. However, he gets caught up in a mugging, and wakes up in a hospital. Read run for your wife premiere latest on itv news. Run for your life david line novel, a 1966 childrens novel by lionel davidson. Run for your wife pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released run for your wife pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie pictures archive. Run for your wife is undoubtedly corny, thanks to a bad script, dreadful acting and lack of comic value, but this british comedy is surprisingly quite watchable. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. And his wives love him because hes the sweetest, most lovable, most cheerful husband in the world. Danny dyer stars as john smith and neil morrissey stars as gary gardner in ballpark film distributors run for. The textbook sign of a movie is a collection of moving images paired together, and thats the best compliment i can give run for your wife, the sheer fact that it is a film.
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Running gags vanish halfway through the film without a payoff, setpieces are so madcap that they make no sense at all, and the characters change. Somehow, he manages to juggle them both without arousing suspicion. Threequarters of the british acting profession over. He lives with stephanie in finsbury and michelle i. My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Directors ray cooney,john luton cut this work was passed uncut pg. Run for your wife british board of film classification. Jay and gloria argue about an outfit for manny, and a minor problem with lily gets blown out of proportion by mitchell and cameron. That gong, signalling the end of british selfrespect, sounded deafeningly as the houselights dimmed for this film. Run for your wife ray cooneys 1983 west end comedy run for your wife hobbles weakly to the screen in this adaptation cohelmed by cooney and john luton. Run for your wife premieres in london granada itv news. Run for your wife continues to play with great success at cinemas around the uk and is still receiving many new bookings going forward into april.
A bigamist taxi driver finds his covert lifestyle threatened with discovery. Theatre farce run for your wife was written in 1983 and has been performed countless times. Run for your wife 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Run for your wife altrincham garrickaltrincham garrick. Its a bigscreen version of the trouserdropping stage farce run for your wife. He lives with stephanie sarah harding in finsbury and michelle denise van outen in stockwell. Run for your wife plot summary, character breakdowns, context and analysis, and performance video clips. Kellie shirley born 11 july 1981 is an english actress who works in film, television, theatre and radio. See the full list of run for your wife cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Run for your wife 20 john loved having a wife so much, he got two of them. Fayre dos location caterers catering point1post sound rerecording production copier company production equipment and services. Run for your wife fulfils none of these conditions and is woefully dated in its misogyny and homophobia.
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