Run for Your Wife (2012 film)

Run for Your Wife
Film poster
Directed byRay Cooney
John Luton
Written byRay Cooney
Based onRun for Your Wife
by Ray Cooney
Produced byGraham Fowler
James Simpson
Starring
CinematographyGraham Fowler
Edited byJohn Pegg
Music byWalter Mair
Production
company
Run for Your Wife Film
Distributed byBallpark Film Distributors
Release dates
  • 19 May 2012 (2012-05-19) (Cannes Film Festival)
  • 14 February 2013 (2013-02-14) (United Kingdom)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£900,000 ($1,144,260.04)

Run for Your Wife is a 2012 British comedy film, based on the 1983 theatre farce Run for Your Wife, written by Ray Cooney who, along with John Luton, also directed the film. The film made its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 19 May 2012 before being theatrically released in the United Kingdom on 14 February 2013. Upon release, the film promptly received universally negative reviews from critics and has been referred to as one of the worst films of all time, after it grossed just £602 ($765.38) in its opening weekend.[1][2]

  1. ^ Danny Dyer's Run For Your Wife takes just £602 at the box office Radio Times, 20 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Danny Dyer's 'Run For Your Wife' flops with £747 at the box office". Digital Spy. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013.