Love Thy Neighbour

Love Thy Neighbour is a 1973 British comedy film starring Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker, Kate Williams and Nina Baden-Semper, spun off from the television series Love Thy Neighbour. It also marked the last regular film appearance of James Beck as Cyril, prior to his sudden death on 6 August of that year. Plot Eddie and Joan Booth, a white couple, live next door to Bill and Barbie Reynolds, who are black. Although Joan and Barbie are best friends, Bill and Eddie are complete opposites. Without their husbands' knowledge, Joan and Barbie enter a "Love Thy Neighbour" competition to win a cruise, but must contend with the problem of their antagonistic husbands. To add to the problems, Joan's mother-in-law is coming to stay, and Barbie's father-in-law is coming from Trinidad. Cast Jack Smethurst as Eddie Booth Rudolph Walker as Bill Reynolds Nina Baden-Semper as Barbie Reynolds Kate Williams as Joan Booth Bill Fraser as Mr. Granger Charles Hyatt as Joe Reynolds Patricia Hayes as Annie Booth Melvyn Hayes as Terry Keith Marsh as Jacko Tommy Godfrey as Arthur Azad Ali as Winston Arthur English as Carter Andria Lawrence as Norma Clifford Mollison as Registrar Lincoln Webb as Charlie Norman Chappell as Indian Conductor Anna Dawson as Betty Bill Pertwee as Postman Pamela Cundell as Dolly Annie Leake as Lil Damaris Hayman as Woman on Bus Siobhan Quinlan as Carol James Beck as Cyril Dan Jackson as Black Groom John Bindon as White Groom Lesley Goldie as White Bride Nosher Powell as Bus Driver Michael Sharvell-Martin as Police Constable Fred Griffiths as Taxi Driver Reception