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Title: Every Home Should Have One (1970)
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Cast
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| Marty Feldman | ... |
Teddy Brown
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| Judy Cornwell | ... |
Liz Brown
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Garry Miller | ... |
Richard Brown
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| Shelley Berman | ... |
Nat Kaplan
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Hy Hazell | ... |
Mrs. Kaplan
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Julie Ege | ... |
Inga Giltenburg
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Penelope Keith | ... |
Lotte von Gelbstein
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Moray Watson | ... |
Chandler
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Jack Watson | ... |
McLaughlin
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Mark Elwes | ... |
Rokes
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Harold Innocent | ... |
Jimpson
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Dinsdale Landen | ... |
Vicar Geoffrey Mellish
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John McKelvey | ... |
Colonel Belper
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Charles Lewsen | ... |
Arthur Soames
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Maggie Jones | ... |
Hetty Soames
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Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials which make the product seem sexy. This leads him into confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member. Further problems ensue when the family take on Swedish nanny Inga Giltenburg. Written by measham
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...Everybody Else Does (US version) See more »Genres:
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April 1978 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Lotte von Gelbstein: No. Hamburg. Boys.
Liz Brown: Would you like some tea?
Lotte von Gelbstein: No, thank you.
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(uncredited)
Music by Franz von Suppé
Arranged by John Cameron
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Liz Brown: You must forgive Richard. He thinks your from Mars.Lotte von Gelbstein: No. Hamburg. Boys.
Liz Brown: Would you like some tea?
Lotte von Gelbstein: No, thank you.
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Crazy Credits
During the opening credits, all the "by"s are replaced with "buy"s. See more »Soundtracks
"Light Cavalry Overture"(uncredited)
Music by Franz von Suppé
Arranged by John Cameron
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Not known as much now as it was when it was released, this feature written by Marty Feldman from Herbert Kretzmer (yes, the one who wrote lyrics for the hit musical Les Miserables) has its very thin premise a breakfast cereal that will seriously spice up your sex life; porridge, in fact.
Cue some cringe-inducing commercials for said product and a number of fantasies in which Marty Feldman's character places himself - from being in romantic clinches with eligible ladies to a superhero fight with the local vicar, a pious type who ogles the ladies just as much as everyone else. And the real fight between the ad man and the vicar towards the end is a lot of laugh-out-loud fun.
Marty Feldman does dominate this film, such was his personality and rather weird looks. However, there is sterling support from Judy Cornwell (Marty's girlfriend), Dinsdale Landen (the vicar), Frances de La Tour (a secretary), and Penelope Keith (a Swedish lesbian), amongst others.
Director Jim Clark went on to the equally dubious but not quite as funny 'Rentadick' before returning to acting; in 'Every Home Should Have One' he shows some flair in setting up the quirky and unusual, while sending up a range of genres. Of its type, this film is a real find, and a guilty pleasure - if you like this kind of thing!