A Boy, a Girl and a Bike

Young couple Sue and Sam are members of a Yorkshire cycling club, the Wakeford Wheelers. Romantic complications ensue when wealthy David becomes smitten with Sue and joins the club to pursue her, much to Sam's dismay. ==Cast==

The film is based on an original idea by Sydney Box, who was head of production at Gainsborough. Box devised the idea while out for a Sunday drive and assigned the script to Ted Willis, who had worked for Box on the scripts for Holiday Camp and The Huggetts Abroad. Willis had a reputation as a skilled writer for working-class characters. The film was originally titled Wheels Within Wheels. Richard Attenborough was meant to play a key role but was busy making The Guinea Pig, so Patrick Holt played his part instead. In March 1948, Smart scouted locations in Yorkshire and filming took place in September 1948 at Lime Grove Studios as well as on location in Yorkshire at places including Wakefield, Hebden Bridge, Skipton and Malham Cove. ==Reception==

Variety called the film "feeble ... valueless for the US market." The Monthly Film Bulletin called it a "simple unpretentious story enlivened by flashes of homely Yorkshire humour." Leslie Halliwell said: "Mild comedy drama with the advantage of fresh air locations." In British Sound Films: The Studio Years 1928–1959 David Quinlan rated the film as "average", writing: "Homespun humour and romance, with a variety of accents from the Rank Charm School." The Radio Times Guide to Films gave the film 2/5 stars, writing: "A minor, good-natured British comedy romance ... The cosy enterprise demonstrates why, with certain superior exceptions, the public preferred American films." ==References==