''Nobody Ordered Love'' is a lost 1972 British comedy drama film directed by

Robert Hartford-Davis Robert Hartford-Davis (born William Henry Davis, 23 July 1923 – 12 June 1977) was a British born producer, director and writer, who worked on film and television in both the United Kingdom and United States. He is also sometimes credited as ...

. The cast includes

Ingrid Pitt Ingrid Pitt (born Ingoushka Petrov; 21 November 193723 November 2010) was a Polish-British actress and writer, best known for her work in British horror cinema of the 1970s. Early life Ingoushka Petrov was born in Warsaw, Poland, one of two ...

, Judy Huxtable, John Ronane, and

Tony Selby Anthony Samuel Selby (26 February 1938 – 5 September 2021) was an English actor. With a career that spanned 71 years, he was known for his roles as Corporal Percy Marsh in the ITV (TV network), ITV British sitcom, sitcom ''Get Some In!'' (1975� ...

Plot

After film director Paul Medbury attempts to replace Alice Allison, the alcoholic star of his new

First World War World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

movie entitled ''The Somme'', with up-and-coming starlet Caroline Johnson, a series of tragic events begins to unfold.

Cast

as Alice Allison * Judy Huxtable as Caroline Johnson * John Ronane as Paul Medbury *

as Peter Triman *

Peter Arne Peter Arne (born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht; 29 September 19181 August 1983) was a British actor. He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in '' Ice Cold in Alex'', '' The Moonraker'', '' Conspiracy of Hearts'' and '' Victor/Vi ...

as Leo Richardstone * Mark Eden as Charles * David Weston as Jacques Legrand *

John Glyn-Jones John Glyn-Jones (28 August 1908 – 21 January 1997) was a British stage, radio, television and film actor. His father, William Glyn-Jones, was a Member of Parliament and he was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Oxford University. He ...

as Harry * Janet Lynn as Valerie * David Lodge as Sergeant * Frank Jarvis as Corporal * Barry Meteyard as Lieutenant *

Larry Taylor Samuel Lawrence Taylor (June 26, 1942 – August 19, 2019) was an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of the blues rock band Canned Heat. Before joining Canned Heat, he had been a session musician, session bassist for T ...

as camera operator * Heather Barbour as Janet * Tricia Barnes as continuity girl * Charles Houston as assistant * Carolyn Wilde as Virginia

Preservation status

According to the

British Film Institute The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, ...

(BFI), which holds an annotated shooting script in its collection, ''Nobody Ordered Love'' is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

and is on its 75 Most Wanted list. Kevin Lyons of the BFI National Library Filmographic Unit writes:

Rank A rank is a position in a hierarchy. It can be formally recognized—for example, cardinal, chief executive officer, general, professor—or unofficial. People Formal ranks * Academic rank * Corporate title * Diplomatic rank * Hierarchy ...
released ''Nobody Ordered Love'' in 1972 and it certainly played the New Victoria in London, regular home to low-budget exploitation fare. Star Ingrid Pitt has suggested – in an interview with the ''Celluloid Slammer'' blog as well as in one of her on-going series of columns for the ''Den of Geek'' website that Hartford-Davis had a falling out with Rank over the lack of promotion they were giving the film and stormed off with the prints, decamping to the States, where he continued to work. After his death, Pitt claims, his widow arranged for his belongings to be disposed of and the cans of film were among those items thrown out.

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* 1972 films British comedy horror films 1972 horror films Films about filmmaking Films directed by Robert Hartford-Davis Lost horror films 1970s lost films Films shot at Pinewood Studios Lost British films 1970s English-language films 1970s British films English-language horror films {{1970s-horror-film-stub

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