Lunch Hour

Lunch Hour (1962)

A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their illicit lunch hour rendezvous.

Date of release
1962-01-01
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 4m
Genres
Comedy
Director
James Hill

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Lunch Hour

Lunch Hour is a 1962 British romantic comedy drama film directed by James Hill and starring Shirley Anne Field, Robert Stephens and Kay Walsh. Written by John Mortimer based on his 1960 one-act play of the same name, it is about a man and a woman who attempt to conduct their affair during their lunch hour, but are continually interrupted.

Production

Maggie Smith was considered for the female lead but the role ended up going to Shirley Ann Field who was given 7% of the profits.

The film was shot at Marylebone Studios in London, a church near Baker Street.

Field said "we did it, as you can guess, on a shoestring ... and we all worked on a percentage of what the picture will make. The point is, we all felt that it had something important to say about the rootlessness and confusion that face young people in England today since they literally have no place to go and be alone except on lunch hour. We think it's bigger than it sounds in this kind of explanation".

Field described it as perhaps "the most enjoyable film I'd ever done" because the cast and crew all worked so closely together.

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