The Battleaxe

• Director: Godfrey Grayson
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy
• Movie Type: Farce
• Themes: Mothers and Daughters, Wedding Bells, Nothing Goes Right
• Release Year: 1962
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 66 minutes

Plot

Battleax is proof positive that "mother in law" jokes are not the exclusive domain of American TV comedians. The middling British comedy stars Francis Matthews and Jill Ireland as an engaged couple. Matthews' and Ireland's pre-connubial bliss is shattered by the future bride's domineering mother. Unable to withstand this wicked witch of the Northlands, Matthews tries to weasel out of the marriage by suing Ireland for breach of promise--the broken promise being that momma would stop meddling. Joan Haythorne is the title character, as well as the sole reason to spend the 66 minutes required to sit through Battleax. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Michael Beint - Dodson; Richard Caldicot; Neil Hallett; Joan Haythorne - Mrs. Page; Jill Ireland - Audrey Page; Francis Matthews - Tony Evers; Olaf Pooley; Derek Tansley; Juliette Manet

Credit

Peter Russell - Art Director, Godfrey Grayson - Director, John Dunsford - Editor, Edward J. Danziger - Executive Producer, Harry Lee Danziger - Executive Producer, Bill Le Sage - Musical Direction/Supervision, Lionel Baines - Cinematographer, John Draper - Production Manager, John Ingram - Producer, Fred Turtle - Sound Recordist, Godfrey Grayson - Screen Story, M.M. McCormack - Screen Story

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