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Life with the Lyons is a 1954 British comedy film directed by Val Guest for Hammer Films and starring Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon and Barbara Lyon. It was a spin-off from the extremely popular British radio series Life with the Lyons, and the screenplay, by Guest and Robert Dunbar, was based on previous episodes from the show. It was shot at Southall Studios in London with sets designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. This was Val Guest's first film for Hammer, and he was asked personally to be involved with the film by Ben Lyon himself. Filming began on Sept. 7, 1953, and it was trade shown at Studio One on Jan. 5, 1954. The film was so successful, it resulted in the Lyons getting a new TV series in 1954, and clips from the movie were shown in the first episode. The film played in over two thousand theatres in England, and was Hammer's biggest hit up to this point in their existence.