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The Family Way (1966) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Roy Boulting and produced by John Boulting.

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Newlywed Problems Abound in "The Family Way"

By Rick29 on Jun 15, 2026 From Classic Film & TV Cafe

Hayley Mills and Hywel Bennett.These days, The Family Way (1966) is best-known for featuring one of Hayley Mills' first grown-up roles and a music score by Paul McCartney. Viewers expecting a song-laden soundtrack by McCartney will be disappointed. It's a pretty pedestrian instrumental score, to be ... Read full article


The Family Way ( 1966 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 25, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

The Family Way is one of those films that you have probably heard a lot about but never bothered to watch, thinking it to be just a routine British drama. But it is not routine. And it is worth watching. The plot may sound simple, certainly not something one would build a film around, and yet it is ... Read full article


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[last lines]
Ezra Fitton: That's life, son. At your age it'll make you laugh but one day it'll make you bloody cry!


Ezra Fitton: He walked in 'ere like it were a public convenience


Ezra Fitton: It says here if the Chinese go on increasing, there'll not be enough food left to go around. Someone ought to tell them Chinese to stop it.
Lucy Fitton: Why don't you? They might take notice.


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This film won every Award it was nominated for.
Paul McCartney's film scoring debut, which helped this film very much financially.
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