''A Man's Affair'' is a 1949 British

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directed by Jay Lewis and starring

Hamish Menzies Hamish is a Scottish masculine given name. It is the anglicized form of the vocative case of the Gaelic name ''Seamus'' or ''Sheumais''. It is therefore, the equivalent of James. People Given name * Hamish Bennett, retired New Zealand crickete ...

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and

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. It was made as a

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, and released by Exclusive Films. Both Lewis and most of his crew were former members of the Army Kinematograph Service.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.36 The film portrays a pair of coal miners who meets some holidaying girls in the

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

resort of

Ramsgate Ramsgate is a seaside town in the district of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century. In 2001 it had a population of about 40,000. In 2011, according to the Census, there was a populatio ...

Cast

as Jim *

as Ted *

as Sheila * Joan Dowling as Joan *

Wallas Eaton Wallas Eaton (18 February 1917 – 3 November 1995), sometimes credited as Wallace Eaton or Wallis Eaton, was an English film, radio, television and theatre actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his voice roles between 1949 and 1960 in ...

as Leonard * Joyce Linden as Phyl *

Toke Townley John Antony Townley (6 November 1912 – 27 September 1984), known professionally as Toke Townley, was an English actor. Biography Townley was born on 6 November 1912 at Great Dunmow, Essex; his father was a vicar. His first name, "John", was ...

as Mike * Verne Morgan as Sidney * D.L. Davies as Evan Davies * Malcolm Thomas as Joe Davies * Jack Vyvian as George *

Farnham Baxter Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...

as Herbert *

David Keir David Keir (1884–1971) was a British film actor, who also appeared on stage. Selected filmography References External links * 1884 births 1971 deaths British male stage actors British male film actors 20th-century British male ...

as Curly * Peter Lewis as Ernie * Pat Nye as Mrs. Mustard

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009. * Palmer, Scott. ''British Film Actors' Credits, 1895-1987''. McFarland, 1998.

External links

* 1949 films British comedy films 1949 comedy films Films directed by Jay Lewis Films set in Kent British black-and-white films 1940s English-language films 1940s British films {{1940s-UK-comedy-film-stub