For the Love of Ada | |
Director: | Ronnie Baxter |
Producer: | Peter J. Thompson |
Starring: | Irene Handl Wilfred Pickles Barbara Mitchell Jack Smethurst |
Music: | Frank Barber |
Cinematography: | Alan Hume |
Editing: | Anthony Palk |
Studio: | Tigon British Film Productions |
Distributor: | LMG Film Productions Limited UK |
Runtime: | 88 min |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Language: | English |
Budget: | £100,000[1] |
For the Love of Ada is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Ronnie Baxter and starring Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Barbara Mitchell and Jack Smethurst.[2] It is a spin-off from the television series For the Love of Ada.
Walter and Ada Bingley (Wilfred Pickles and Irene Handl), an elderly couple, are about to celebrate their first wedding anniversary. To celebrate, their family, friends and neighbours plan a surprise party.
Their daughter Ruth entrusts her husband Leslie Pollitt with the organisation. They hire a traditional club hall for the event.
On the night though Walter and Ada do their own thing and the party goes on without them. With most of the alcohol consumed a traditional knees-up begins. Leslie eventually finds them and drags them in for a meal, but they have already eaten.