- Percy's Progress
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name = Percy's Progress
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director =Ralph Thomas
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writer =Sid Colin
Harry H. Corbett Ian Le Frenais
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starring =Leigh Lawson Elke Sommer Judy Geeson Denholm Elliot Adrienne Posta Julie Ege Vincent Price
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released = 1974
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country = flagicon|UK UK
language = English
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preceded_by = Percy
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imdb_id = 0071677"Percy's Progress" is a 1974 British
comedy film directed byRalph Thomas . It was written bySid Colin ,Harry H. Corbett andIan Le Frenais . It was released in the United States under the title "It's Not the Size That Counts". The US version of the film includes several additional scenes shot by the American distributor, these include an opening penis transplant operation scene [http://img154.imagevenue.com/img.php?] , and a scene in which a dwarf is seen jumping out of a woman’s bed leaving her to say the film's American title ‘Its Not the Size That Counts’ [http://img182.imagevenue.com/img.php?
] . The dwarf in question was Luis De Jesus, the star of the infamous
Blood Sucking Freaks .Harry H. Corbett 's character was closely modelled on British Prime MinisterHarold Wilson down to using well-known Wilson phrases such as "thirteen years of Tory misrule" and speaking with a distinctYorkshire accent.The film is a sequel to "Percy". It has yet to be released on DVD.
ynopsis
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the city's water that makes men impotent.
Cast
Leigh Lawson as Percy Edward AnthonyElke Sommer as ClarissaDenholm Elliott as Sir Emmanuel WhitbreadJudy Geeson as Dr. FairweatherHarry H. Corbett as Prime MinisterVincent Price as Stavos MammonianAdrienne Posta as IrisJulie Ege as Miss HansonBarry Humphries as Dr. Anderson/Australian TV LadyJames Booth as JeffcotMilo O'Shea as Dr. KleinRonald Fraser as BleekerAnthony Andrews as CatchpoleBernard Lee as BarracloughMadeline Smith as Miss UKMinah Bird as Miss America
Luis De Jesus as the Dwarf (additional American footage)External links
*imdb title|id=0071677
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