Genres
A Home of Your Own
Overview
A Home of Your Own is a 1964 British comedy film which is a brick-by-brick account of the building a young couple’s dream house. From the day when the site is first selected, to the day – several years and children later – when the couple finally move in, the story is a noisy but wordless comedy of errors as the incompetent labourers struggle to complete the house. It may well have been inspired by the success of Bernard Cribbins' classic song of the same vein from two years earlier, "Right Said Fred". In this satirical look at British builders, many cups of tea are made, windows are broken and the same section of road is dug up over and over again by the water board, the electricity board and the gas board. Ronnie Barker’s put-upon cement mixer, Peter Butterworth’s short-sighted carpenter and Bernard Cribbins’ hapless stonemason all contribute to the ensuing chaos.
Key Crew
Director: Jay Lewis
Screenplay: Jay Lewis, Johnny Whyte
Director of Photography: Denys N. Coop
Producer: Bob Kellett
Top Cast
Ronnie Barker
The Cement Mixer
Richard Briers
The Husband
Peter Butterworth
The Carpenter
Bernard Cribbins
The Stonemason
Bill Fraser
The Shop Steward
Norman Mitchell
The Foreman
Ronnie Stevens
The Architect
Fred Emney
The Mayor
