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Man About the House

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4.8/10 • 17

1974-12-221h 30m

Comedy

The hilarious adventures of two girls with a... Man About the House!

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

Directors
John Robins
Writters
Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke
Editors
Johnnie Mortimer, Brian Cooke, Archie Ludski

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  1. Richard O'Sullivan

    Richard O'Sullivan

    Robin Tripp

  2. Paula Wilcox

    Paula Wilcox

    Chrissy

  3. Sally Thomsett

    Sally Thomsett

    Jo

  4. Brian Murphy

    Brian Murphy

    George Roper

  5. Yootha Joyce

    Yootha Joyce

    Mildred Roper

  6. Doug Fisher

    Doug Fisher

    Larry

  7. Peter Cellier

    Peter Cellier

    Morris Pluthero

  8. Patrick Newell

    Patrick Newell

    Sir Edmund Weir

  9. Aimi MacDonald

    Aimi MacDonald

    Hazel Lovett

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John Chard

Apr 5, 2014

5/10

Round the houses the writers go. A film spin off from the hugely popular British situation comedy of the same name, it stars Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy. When a development company tries to buy all the houses in their street, flatmates Robin, Chrissy and Jo decide to help their landlords in staving off the buy out. The material here is sadly too thin that it wastes what was always a damn fine cast. The sexy spark between Robin and the two girls is still there, and Mildred’s (Joyce) sexual frustration with hubby George (Murphy) continues; with an interesting twist added a film’s culmination, yet it’s all very tired and short on laughs. You know you are trouble when you have to resort to a gastric stomach problem to hang your big laugh sequence on. Still, the cast are always watchable (I have been in love and lust with Wilcox since forever), while small appearances by Arthur Lowe and Spike Milligan are most welcome diversions from the poor screenplay. 5/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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