My Wife's Lodger

Overview

My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!

Directed by Maurice Elvey

Top cast

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Dominic Roche

William "Willie" Higginbotham

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Olive Sloane

Maggie Ann Higginbotham

Leslie Dwyer

Roger the Lodger

Diana Dors

Eunice Higginbotham

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Alan Sedgwick

Tex

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Vincent Dowling

Norman Higginbotham

Vi Kaley

Mother-in-Law

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