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{{Infobox film
| name           = To Have and to Hold
| image          = To_Have_and_to_Hold_(1951_film).jpeg
| caption        =
| director       = [[Godfrey Grayson]]
| producer       = [[Anthony Hinds]]
| screenplay     = {{ubl|[[Reginald Long]]|Godfrey Grayson (shooting script)}}
| based_on       = the play ''To Have and to Hold'' by Lionel Brown
| narrator       =
| starring       = {{ubl|[[Avis Scott]]|[[Patrick Barr]]|[[Robert Ayres (actor)|Robert Ayres]]}}
| music          = {{ubl|[[Frank Spencer (composer)|Frank Spencer]]|[[Reginald Long]]}}
| cinematography = [[Walter J. Harvey]]
| editing        = [[James Needs]]
| studio         = [[Hammer Films]]
| distributor    = Exclusive Films (UK)
| released       = {{Film date|1951|03||UK|df=y}}
| runtime        = 63 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         =
| gross          =
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'''''To Have and to Hold''''' is a 1951 British [[drama film]] directed by [[Godfrey Grayson]] and starring [[Avis Scott]], [[Patrick Barr]] and [[Robert Ayres (actor)|Robert Ayres]].<ref>Hunter p.189</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b88d69c|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080453/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b88d69c|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 February 2017|title=To Have and to Hold (1951)|publisher=}}</ref> Facing death following a riding accident, a man spends his final days arranging the future romantic needs of his wife.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/to-have-and-to-hold-v113959|title=To Have and to Hold (1951) - Godfrey Grayson - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie|publisher=}}</ref>
==Plot==
Following a riding accident, country gentleman Brian Harding (Patrick Barr) is crippled and facing imminent death. His final days are spent arranging the future security of his wife and daughter (Avis Scott & Eunice Gayson). This extends to encouraging his wife to developing one of her male friendships into a romantic relationship.
==Cast==
* [[Avis Scott]] as June Harding
* [[Patrick Barr]] as Brian Harding
* [[Robert Ayres (actor)|Robert Ayres]] as Max
* Harry Fine as Robert
* [[Ellen Pollock]] as Roberta
* [[Richard Warner (actor)|Richard Warner]] as Cyril
* [[Eunice Gayson]] as Peggy Harding
* Peter Neil as Dr. Pritchard
==Critical reception==
The ''[[Radio Times]]'' noted "A non-starry but well-played little drama, claustrophobic, certainly not uninteresting, but not quite good enough";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/ctg9w/to-have-and-to-hold|title=To Have and to Hold - Film from RadioTimes|publisher=}}</ref> whereas ''Britmovie'' called it a "Stiff upper lip romantic melodrama, not quite so bad as it sounds."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/To-Have-and-to-Hold_1950|title=Britmovie - Home of British Films|publisher=}}</ref>
==References==
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==Bibliography==
* Hunter, Jack. ''House of horror: the complete Hammer Films story''. Creation, 2000.
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0043051}}
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