- No Sex Please, We're British (film)
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No Sex Please: We're British Directed by Cliff Owen Produced by John R. Sloan Written by Brian Cooke
Alistair Foot (play)
Anthony Marriott (play)
Johnnie MortimerStarring Ronnie Corbett
Ian Ogilvy
Susan Penhaligon
Beryl Reid
Arthur LoweMusic by Eric Rogers Cinematography Ken Hodges Editing by Ralph Kemplen Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) 10 August 1979 (USA) Running time 91 min. Country United Kingdom Language English No Sex Please, We're British is a 1973 British comedy film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Ronnie Corbett, Ian Ogilvy, Susan Penhaligon and Arthur Lowe. It is based on the 1971 play No Sex Please, We're British with a number of changes to the original plot.
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Synopsis
Runnicles, a clerk at a small-town British bank (openly depicted in the film as the branch of Barclays Bank in Windsor High Street)[1][2], is horrified when a package arrives containing pornography rather than the new calculator he expected. His efforts to dispose of it, while avoiding detection, turn into a farcical series of events including a bank inspector, the police and a local criminal to whom the pornography actually belongs.
Main cast
- Ronnie Corbett - Brian Runnicles
- Ian Ogilvy - David Hunter
- Susan Penhaligon - Penny Hunter
- Beryl Reid - Bertha Hunter
- Arthur Lowe - Mr Bromley
- Michael Bates - Mr Needham
- Cheryl Hall - Daphne
- David Swift - Inspector Paul
- Deryck Guyler - Park keeper
- Valerie Leon - Susan
- Margaret Nolan - Barbara
- Gerald Sim - Reverend Mower
- John Bindon - Pete
- Stephen Greif - Niko
- Michael Robbins - Car driver
- Frank Thornton - Glass Shop Manager
- Michael Ripper - Traffic warden
- Lloyd Lamble - American man
- Mavis Villiers - American lady
- Sydney Bromley - Rag & Bone Man
- Brian Wilde - Policeman in park
- Eric Longworth - Man with Lighter
- Edward Sinclair - Postman
- Robin Askwith - Baker's delivery man
References
External links
The situation comedies of Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer Series
entriesThe Men from the Ministry (Radio) · Round the Horne (Radio, 1968) · Father, Dear Father (1968-73) · Stop Messing About (Radio, 1969-70) · Alcock and Gander (1972) · Man About the House (1973-76) · George and Mildred (1976-79) · Robin's Nest (1977-81) · Three's Company (1977) · The Ropers (1979) · Let There Be Love (1982-83) · Tom, Dick and Harriet (1982-83) · Full House (1985-86) · En fyra för tre (1996)Film
adaptationsFather, Dear Father (film) (1973) · No Sex Please, We're British (film) (1973)Cooke
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MortimerKeep It in the Family (1980-83) · Too Close for Comfort (1980-81) · Tripper's Day (1984) · Check It Out! (1985) · Slinger's Day (1986) · Close to Home (1989)Mortimer
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CookeNever the Twain (1981-91)Categories:- British films
- English-language films
- 1973 films
- 1970s comedy films
- British comedy films
- Films directed by Cliff Owen
- 1970s British film stubs
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