The Bridal Path (film)

The Bridal Path is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Bill Travers, George Cole and Bernadette O'Farrell.

He has been advised by the islanders of what they think he should look for in a potential wife: strong legs, wide hips, knowledge of cows and sheep, and also not a "candle burning Catholic" or a Campbell.

Held overnight at the local police sergeant's home (there is no jail), he easily escapes custody and resumes his flight, still examining all the girls he meets.

[5] The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote: "There are certain minor compensations to this extended Technicolor view of Bill Travers, rucksack at the ready, striding dourly up hill and down dale to the songs of the Campbeltown Gaelic Choir.

But the wonderful oddball qualities of the Hebridean folk, on whom British moviemakers have been focusing cameras since Tight Little Island [1949] is evident here ... Fiona Clyne is pretty and sharp as his cousin; Alex Mackenzie is as Scottish as a thistle as the island elder, and George Cole, as a fumbling constable, and Bernadette O'Farrell, Patricia Bredin and Dilys Laye do well among the coterie of women to whom our hapless hero is exposed.Their "Bridal Path" does not take any unexpected turns but a viewer can have a nice time and some giggles along the way.