No Smoking (1955 film)

No Smoking is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Reg Dixon, Peter Martyn, Belinda Lee and Lionel Jeffries.[2][3] [4]

No Smoking
Directed byHenry Cass
Produced byRobert S. Baker
Monty Berman
Screenplay byKenneth Hayles
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Phil Park
Based onTV play by George Moresby-White and Rex Rienits[1]
StarringReg Dixon
Production
company
Distributed byEros
Release date
1955
Running time
66 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Synopsis

Reg Bates is a scientist who invents a pill that can cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. This is revealed by a visiting American, Hal Hurst. Bates faces strong opposition from both the tobacco industry and the government.

Cast

Production

It was based on a 1952 TV play.[5] One review said it had "plenty of good family fun."[6]

It was made at Alliance Studios, Southall. It was one of only a few movies starring Reg Dixon.[7] It was one of several comedies featuring Belinda Lee.[8]

Reception

The Monthly Film Bulletin said "the action does not fizz; the bubbles never quite come to the surface."[9]

References

  1. Goble, Alan (8 September 2011). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 9783110951943 via Google Books.
  2. "No Smoking - Film". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
  3. "No Smoking (1955)". BFI.
  4. NO SMOKING (Tempean-Eros) Picture Show; London Vol. 61, Iss. 1707, (Dec 17, 1955): 10.
  5. 1952 TV play at IMDb
  6. Specially Written TV Play is Effective Author: J. Stubbs Walker Date: Monday, Mar. 17, 1952 Publication: Daily Mail (London, England) Issue: 17415 p2
  7. BACKBEAT: 1950: Confidentially - it's our Reg ; BECAUSE THEY DON'T MAKE MUSIC LIKE THEY USED TO!: [First Edition] Chambers, Peter. Coventry Evening Telegraph; Coventry [Coventry]25 Jan 2005: 16, 17.
  8. Vagg, Stephen (7 September 2020). "A Tale of Two Blondes: Diana Dors and Belinda Lee". Filmink.
  9. NO SMOKING Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 22, Iss. 252, (Jan 1, 1955): 181.


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