A Date with a Dream
Directed by	Dicky Leeman
Written by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman Dicky Leeman Carl Nystrom
Produced by	Robert S. Baker Monty Berman
Starring	Terry-Thomas Jeannie Carson Len Lowe Bill Lowe
Cinematography	Monty Berman
Edited by	Anne Barker
Production company	Tempean Films
Distributed by	Grand National Pictures
Release date	November 1948 (1948-11)
Running time	55 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

A Date with a Dream is a 1948 British musical comedy film directed by Dicky Leeman and starring Terry-Thomas, Jeannie Carson and Wally Patch.^[1] Its plot concerns a wartime group of musical entertainers who meet up a year after being demobbed and decide to reform their act. This was one of Terry-Thomas's earliest films and is reputedly partly based on his own experiences.^[2] Terry-Thomas was yet to develop his cad persona and a then little-known Norman Wisdom appears in a very brief, non-speaking role.

Plot

When an Army concert party is disbanded after the war, they plan to meet up in a years time for a reunion. When they do they discover that all the various members aren't coping too well with civilian life. Jean, a singer who is staying in the same house as two of the ex-concert party members, suggests that the various members get back together to perform.^[3]

Cast

• Terry-Thomas – Terry
• Jeannie Carson – Jean
• Len Lowe – Len
• Bill Lowe – Bill
• Wally Patch – Uncle
• Vic Lewis – Vic
• Ida Patlanski – Bedelia
• Joey Porter – Max Imshy
• Alfie Dean – Joe
• Julia Lang – Madam Docherty
• Harry Green – Syd Marlish
• Norman Wisdom – Shadow Boxer
• Sydney Bromley – Stranger in Max's office

Critical reception

Sky Movies wrote, "a sparkling performance from the young Terry-Thomas and a bright, sassy attitude saves this dated, rather choppy little filler item from the scrapheap of movie history. Worth a look for nostalgia buffs and curio collectors".^[4]

A Date With A Dream was the first production of Tempean Films, a production company founded by Monty Berman and Robert S. Baker following their war service. Of the film, Baker later commented, "It didn't make us a penny, but it gave us a good introduction to the film business". Tempean would go on to produce many British B-movies throughout the 1950s and into the early 1960s ^[5]