The Family Way

1966 PG-13 1h 55m

6.7 / 10 33

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6.7/10

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Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.

Director Roy Boulting

Writers

Bill Naughton Roy Boulting Jeffrey Dell

Stars

Hayley Mills Hywel Bennett John Mills

Mr Hutton, Travel Agent

Robin Parkinson

Mr Phillips, Travel Agent's Assistant

Lesley Daine

Dora

Ruth Trouncer

Marriage Guidance Counsellor

Harry Locke

Mr Stubbs, Housing Officer

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Maureen O'Reilly

Miss Hunt, Housing Officer's Secretary

Marriage Guidance Counsellor's Secretary (uncredited)

Windsor Davies

Man in Crowd Outside Travel Agents (uncredited)

Kathy Staff

Neighbour (uncredited)

Keith Marsh

Fish and Chip Van Proprietor (uncredited)

Comedy Drama Romance

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User Reviews 2

Geronimo1967 10 Nov 2022

7/10

There is quite a fun dynamic on display here from Hayley Mills ("Jenny") and her new husband "Arthur" (Hywel Bennett) as they have to make their way in a new married world fraught with difficulties. They have little money, so live with his well meaning but slightly domineering parents "Ezra" (John Mills) and "Lucy" (Marjorie Rhodes) and an accident with their bed puts paid to any hanky-panky! Thei...

narrator56 2 Aug 2021

8/10

The Family Way seems to have had a splashy release for a couple of reasons. It involved a topic rarely dealt with: an unconsummated new marriage, and the debut of Harley Mills in an adult role. I know when I was in the throes of puberty I would have been gobsmacked if I had been allowed to see the naked back of Hayley Mills, whom I had boyishly fancied in her Disney movies. It is a pretty good mov...