Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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- Director
- Stars
- Frank Muir(voice)
- Chesney Allen(archive footage)
- Arthur Askey(archive footage)
Top credits
- Director
- Stars
- Frank Muir(voice)
- Chesney Allen(archive footage)
- Arthur Askey(archive footage)
Photos
Chesney Allen
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Arthur Askey
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Ronnie Barker
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Dirk Bogarde
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Jack Buchanan
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Albert Burdon
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Peter Butterworth
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Phyllis Calvert
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Ian Carmichael
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Graham Chapman
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Diana Churchill
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Laddie Cliff
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
George Cole
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Kenneth Connor
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Kenneth Cope
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Jerry Desmonde
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Charlie Drake
- Selfas Self
- (archive footage)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe last film of Herbert Wilcox.
Top review
Very Interesting... but FUNNY!
What a mad, mad, mad, mad film this was! I enjoyed seeing all the masters, like Eric Idle, Peter Sellers, Benny Hill (I think he is seen very briefly in the film), Marty Feldman, Margaret Rutherford, Tony Hancock, and many, many other great clown princes of comedy. It mainly focuses on comics not well known in the US and Canada, such as Sid Field and Jerry Desmonde, George Formby, Leslie Fuller, Jimmy Edwards, Robb Wilton, Jack Train (doing a shocking Jimmy Durante impression), Albert Whelan, and others. I mean you'd have to be an 85-year-old Brit to know these guys. In addition, the categories that are included are neat, like "Catchphrase Corner", which has many scenes with George Formby, an impressions section, where the incomparable Max Wall does a nifty Edward Everett Horton impersonation (Eddie himself appears in a scene after this bit), a drag-dressing section, and other stuff like that. For me, I found this movie fun because I noticed that the bits with obscure comics were like those done by comedians anyone would know, like Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, the Marx Brothers, and the Three Stooges. There are also many Groucho Marxian one-liners. I simply enjoyed this film and found it interesting.
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- okarma
- Apr 27, 2004
Details
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
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