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3	''Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter'' is a 1968 British musical comedy film directed by Saul Swimmer and starring Music/HermansHermits.
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5	Herman Tulley (Peter Noone) lives in Manchester with his grandmother Gloria (Marjorie Rhodes). He is the owner of a racing greyhound named Mrs. Brown, with whom he hopes to win the derby in London. He and his friends Barry, Keith, Karl, and Leck play gigs to raise money to enter her. They travel to London, where they start working at the fruit market of G. G. Brown (Creator/StanleyHolloway). Herman falls in love with Brown's daughter Judy (Sarah Caldwell), a young model. They also befriend a tramp named Percy (Creator/LancePercival).
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8	!!''Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter'' contains examples of:
9	* CensorshipBySpelling: A neighbor tells Herman, "You know what that welfare lady said. Gran ought to go to the old people's H-O-M-E." Gloria, who was listening from the other room, yells "I'm not going to any bleeding old folks' H-O-M-E!"
10	* EatingPetFood: While eating dinner in Herman's apartment, Percy takes a bite of a dog biscuit and complains, "I say, these croutons are a bit hard."
11	* JobSong: Mr. Brown teaches the Hermits a song about selling fruit.
12	-->Carrots and spuds\
13	Jaffas and bloods\
14	They're lovely, they're ripe and sweet\
15	Yell it out loud\
16	Pull a big crowd\
17	For value they can't be beat.
18	* NonActorVehicle: The second for Herman's Hermits, following ''Film/HoldOn1966''.
19	* PanickyExpectantFather: A variation. Herman anxiously paces back and forth [[spoiler:outside the doghouse where Mrs. Brown is giving birth]].
20	* StreetMusician: Percy sings and plays the spoons in London. The only response he gets is from a woman who accuses him of blocking her view of Westminster Palace.
21	* TitledAfterTheSong: After the Hermits' first real-life number one US hit, which Herman sings at the end of the movie.
22	* TitleIn: The film opens with an aerial shot of Manchester and the words "MANCHESTER, ENGLAND."
23	* TooManyHalves: During Herman's failed job interview at Advertising House, the boss says, "Advertising is 50% style, 50% creativity, 50% drive." Herman says, "That's 150%, sir."
24	* TropeyComeHome: Herman leaves Mrs. Brown tied to a cart at a train station, which drives off while he's not looking. He and his bandmates frantically search for her, even giving up a steady job at a nightclub so they can continue looking, to no avail. [[spoiler:Percy eventually finds her and returns her to Herman, who realizes she's pregnant.]]
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