Only Two Can Play Overview:

Only Two Can Play (1962) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Sidney Gilliat and produced by Leslie Gilliat.

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Man with salt-obsessed friend: Something to do with his blood, you know. He got to get it into his bloodstream.
John Lewis: Uh, the Pygmies have the same problem. Yes, I quite understand. Well, tell your friend not to worry because relief is on the way.


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Pretty Girl in Library: Good morning. Have you "Conditioned Reflexes"?
John Lewis: Uh...
Pretty Girl in Library: It's by Pavlov.
John Lewis: Yes... It's out at the moment but if you'd like to leave your name, I could reserve it for you.


John Lewis: What he does, you see, he puts the canvas on the floor, chucks some whopping great dollops of paint on it and drags a naked woman across it. Yes. Yes. Sort of job I'd like, that. I'd enjoy cleaning the brushes anyway.


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The South Wales town the film is set in - Aberdarcy - is a fictional one.
Presumably due to the depiction in the film, Swansea Library would not give permission for filming. The film uses the Glynn Vivian art gallery, directly over the road, for exteriors instead.
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