The Happiness of Three Women

2/12/2023

The history surrounding this film is actually way more interesting that the film itself. It was written by Welsh bus driver Eynon Evans who plays the postman-cum-poet ("Amos") in this drama, and it was also the final film directed by veteran Maurice Elvey who had long since mastered the art of coping adequately with a low budget and little production time. This film centres around the pub of "Jane" (Brenda de Banzie) - upon whom our minstrel has quite a crush. It has a wishing well (from which the coins can be readily collected afterwards!) and the locals and visitors alike tend to use this as a means of fulfilling their dreams. The principle dreams being chased here feature "Delith" (Petula Clark) who is in love with fiancée "John" (Glyn Houston) but he is wheelchair-bound and suffers fro