My Wife's Lodger is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Dominic Roche, Olive Sloane and Leslie Dwyer.

[3][4] Willie Higginbotham is a soldier who returns home after the Second World War only to find a spiv lodger has established himself in his place.

"[8] Kine Weekly wrote: "Riotous "rough and ready" low life comedy, suggested by the stage success. ...

"[9] The Daily Film Renter (quoted in BFI Screenonline) wrote, "the acting is of the 'Ee-bai-goom' school and the dialogue is the ripe, uninhibited language of the music hall... as briny as jellied eels on Southend Pier.

"[11] TV Guide wrote: "the energy of the ensemble partly makes up for the film's lack of coherence and taste.