title: A Date with a Dream
text: # A Date with a Dream
  
  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. 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. 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.
  
  ## 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".
  
  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
  
  