''Cheer the Brave'' is a 1951 British second feature ('B')

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directed and written by Kenneth Hume and starring

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and

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. It was made at Southall Studios.

Plot

A mild-mannered man gets married, but soon finds his new wife to be a domineering tyrant. After discovering her previous husband is not really dead, he manages to escape from her clutches.

Cast

as Doris Wilson *

as Bill Potter *

as Wilson * Marie Ault as mother-in-law *

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* Mavis Villiers * Eileen Way *

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* Rose Howlett *

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* Michael Ward * John Bull * Elizabeth Saunders * Jennifer Duncan *

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Reception

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'' wrote: "The picture fails to cover new ground, but the familiar domestic gags, confidently put over by the co-stars and Marie Ault, cast as the tippling mother-in-law, still manage to click. The "twist" ending is no surprise, but it also registers. The one snag is the footage, the frolic is a little on the long side." In T''he British 'B' Movie'', Steve Chibnall and ''

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'' call the film a "dim tale". In ''British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959'' David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Competent comedy."

References

External links

* 1951 films British comedy films 1951 comedy films Films set in London Films shot at Southall Studios British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-comedy-film-stub