Love in Pawn

Love in Pawn is a 1953 British comedy film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Bernard Braden, Barbara Kelly and Jeannie Carson.

[1] It was written by Humphrey Knight, Guy Morgan, Frank Muir and Denis Nordern.

The script seems far more suitable for radio (the numerous puns and pauses make the pace wrong for a screen comedy) and the characterisation is, on the whole, weak.

"[2] The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 1/5 stars, writing: "Britain's popular radio (and later TV) imports from Canada, Bernard Braden and his wife Barbara Kelly, star in this indescribably puerile and unfunny comedy ... Best forgotten, which it was.

"[3] In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "mediocre", writing: "Popular radio husband-and-wife team in comedy that is just silly, not funny.