Love in Waiting
Love in Waiting is a 1948 British comedy film directed by Douglas Peirce, and starring David Tomlinson. It was made at Highbury Studios as a second feature for release by the Rank Organisation.
Plot
In a busy restaurant during the food rationing period in the wake of Second [World War], three waitresses fall in love with the manager, the garbage man, and the downstairs neighbour - while trying to stay in the good books of the ruthless Miss Bell, who runs the catering staff and is selling restaurant food supplies to the Black Market.Cast
- David Tomlinson as Robert Clitheroe
- Andrew Crawford as Dick Lambert
- Peggy Evans as Gloria 'Golly' Raine
- Elspet Gray as Brenda Lawrence
- Patsy Drake as Mary Corder
- George Merritt as James Hartley Pepperfield
- Eliot Makeham as Sam Baxter
- John Witty as Harry Pepperfield
- Linda Gray as Miss Bell
Critical reception