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Not Now, Darling (1973)

Not Now, Darling poster
Original title
Not Now Darling
Directed by
David Croft, Ray Cooney
Genre
comedy film, sex comedy
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 37m
Rated
R
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A farce set in a London fur coat shop. The characters get into a series of romantic and comedic misunderstandings.

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What happens

Not Now, Darling is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Ray Cooney and David Croft and starring Trudi Van Doorn, Leslie Phillips and Julie Ege. It was adapted from the 1967 play of the same title by John Chapman and Ray Cooney. The film is a farce centred on a shop in London that sells fur coats. A loosely related sequel Not Now, Comrade was released in 1976. It was the last film to feature appearances by Cicely Courtneidge and Jack Hulbert who had been a leading celebrity couple in the 1930s and 1940s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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