Rattle Of A Simple Man (1964)

A group of working class men from Manchester take a bus to London for the Football Association Cup Final. After the big game, one of the men (Michael Medwin) in the group bets a shy and naive man (Harry H. Corbett), who at 39 still lives at home with his mother, that he can't pick up a prostitute (Diane Cilento) at the bar and go home with her. Based on a three character play (the girl's brother is the third character) by Charles Dyer that was a success in London's West End but didn't replicate its success in New York. The film is opened up with many more characters that takes us away from the two protagonists in the girl's apartment but the play's intimacy would appear to have been lost. I'm fond of filmed plays myself so I wouldn't have minded being confined to a one set film. I'm not familiar with Harry H. Corbett's work but apparently he was a popular British actor, best known for his work on the TV show STEPTOE AND SON which was Americanized as SANFORD AND SON for U.S. TV. He's very good though it's Cilento's fabricating hooker who is the more interesting character. You just know there's a backstory there and there is. Directed by Muriel Box, an Oscar winner for her SEVENTH VEIL script. With Thora Hird, Alexander Davion, Carole Gray and Marianne Stone.