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

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Salter: Am I to take it then that none of your family have ever been involved with plumbing?
John Lewis: Well, as a matter of fact, my father once had an unfortunate experience on Euston station during the blackout. Uh, what happened was... You see, it was dark at the time and he didn't realize that the train was actually standing at the station at the time... Apart from that, no.


Probert: How are you, Lewis? Still peddling trash to the masses?
John Lewis: Yes, that's true, yes... How 'bout you, still writing it?


John Lewis: You know what you're asking for, don't you?
Probert: I always thought you were crude, Lewis, but right now you're surpassing even yourself.
John Lewis: ...and you're going to get it in a moment, boy-o, and not in blank verse either.


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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.
The South Wales town the film is set in - Aberdarcy - is a fictional one.
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