| Over the Odds | |
| Director: | Michael Forlong |
| Producer: | Alec Snowden |
| Cinematography: | Norman Warwick |
| Editing: | Reginald Beck |
| Studio: | Jermyn Films |
| Distributor: | Rank Film Distributors |
| Runtime: | 65 minutes |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Language: | English |
Over the Odds is a 1961 British comedy film directed by Michael Forlong and starring Marjorie Rhodes, Glenn Melvyn, Cyril Smith, Esma Cannon and Thora Hird and Wilfrid Lawson.[1] [2] The screenplay concerns a bookmaker who struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.[3] It was based on a play by Rex Arundel.
The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "A noisy, feeble farce which exploits the old mother-in-law theme twofold, with Marjorie Rhodes as number one, solid and belligerent, and Thora Hird as number two, violently vocal. Glenn Melvyn and Cyril Smith battle with ingenuous, obvious material, but Wilfrid Lawson comes off the best in a characteristic performance as the drunken father."[4]