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 OFarrell. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Nigel Tranter. A young man on a remote Scottish island travels to the mainland in search of a wife. Although another Highland story, the film failed to match the success of Launder and Gilliats earlier Geordie 1955.

Withdrawing all his money from a bank in Oban, he sets out to meet the local girls. He has fixed ideas of what to look for good legs, wide hips etc but his close inspection of the girls he meets raises suspicions.The first girl thinks hes a white slaver and so informs the local police. He then becomes a wanted fugitive after he borrows a policemans bicycle. Then is is mistaken for the leader of a gang of salmon poachers. The police eventually arrest the innocent Ewan on a wide variety of charges, but dont believe his story. Held overnight at the local police sergeants home there is no jail, he easily escapes custody and resumes his flight, still examining all the girls he meets. ........

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