6. Run - For Your Wife

A film version starring Danny Dyer was released in 2013. Unlike the play, it was a critical and commercial disaster, frequently appearing on lists of the worst films ever made due to its inability to translate the stage mayhem to the screen.

It opened at the Virginia Theatre in March 1989, directed by and starring Ray Cooney. Despite Cooney's involvement, it received mixed reviews and closed after 52 regular performances. 6. Run for Your Wife

The West End debut starred Richard Briers as John Smith and Bernard Cribbins as Stanley Gardner. A film version starring Danny Dyer was released in 2013

His meticulous schedule is shattered when he is hospitalized after intervening in a mugging. Confusion at the hospital leads to both addresses appearing on police records, sparking investigations by two different police forces (Wimbledon and Streatham). Despite Cooney's involvement, it received mixed reviews and

Are you interested in a of the specific lies and character motivations that drive the second act's mayhem? Run for Your Wife | Concord Theatricals

Cooney later wrote a sequel titled Caught in the Net , which continues John Smith’s misadventures as his children from the two families meet online. Critical Reception and Legacy