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Please Turn Over (1959)

Please Turn Over poster
Directed by
Gerald Thomas
Genre
comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 27m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

In a quiet English town, a young woman writes a book full of what she says are local people's scandalous secrets. This turns the whole town upside down as everyone tries to find out who knows what.

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What happens

Please Turn Over (P.T.O.) is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Ted Ray, Julia Lockwood, Jean Kent, Joan Sims, Leslie Phillips, Charles Hawtrey, Lionel Jeffries, June Jago and Victor Maddern. It was written by Norman Hudis based on the 1959 play Book of the Month by Basil Thomas and produced by Peter Rogers. An English town is thrown into chaos when the daughter of one of the residents publishes a book detailing the supposed secrets of the inhabitants. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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