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Over the Odds (1961)

Over the Odds poster
Directed by
Michael Forlong
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 05m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A bookmaker tries to manage his two interfering mothers-in-law. The film follows his attempts to keep the peace in a series of comic mishaps.

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What happens

Over the Odds is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon, Thora Hird and Wilfrid Lawson. The screenplay was by Ernest Player and Rex Arundel, based on a play by Arundel. A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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