Arthur has been groundskeeper at a local cricket club since he was a lad. Now over retirement age, his proprietorial interest in the groud has rather overpowered many other considerations, including his marriage and, indeed, the reason the ground exists in the first place. When he starts training a youngster, disagreements with the committee reach crisis point.
This rather slight film was directed by first-time director, but legenday cinematographer Freddie Young at tye age of 80, and it is a quiet delight. Jimmy Jewel plays the curmudgeonly Arthur with great inner warmth as the small story makes its gentle way through a series of relatively minor events, all of which are major to Arthur. It is all very believable, and equally likeable.
This rather slight film was directed by first-time director, but legenday cinematographer Freddie Young at tye age of 80, and it is a quiet delight. Jimmy Jewel plays the curmudgeonly Arthur with great inner warmth as the small story makes its gentle way through a series of relatively minor events, all of which are major to Arthur. It is all very believable, and equally likeable.