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Director:
Peter Medak
Writers:
Graham Chapman (screenplay)
Bernard McKenna (play)
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Release Date:
September 1978 (UK) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Graham Chapman ... Arthur Harris
David Jason ... The Odd Job Man
Diana Quick ... Fiona Harris
Simon Williams ... Tony Sloane
Edward Hardwicke ... Inspector Black
Bill Paterson ... Sergeant Mull
Michael Elphick ... Raymonde
Stewart Harwood ... Bernard
Carolyn Seymour ... Angie
Joe Melia ... Head Waiter
George Innes ... Caretaker
James Bree ... Mr. Kemp
Zulema Dene ... Mrs. Kemp

Richard O'Brien ... Batch
Carl Andrews ... Taxi Driver
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:A (original rating)
Filming Locations:
London, England, UK more
Company:
Charisma Films more

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Trivia:
Originally made as an episode of the Ronnie Barker series _"6 Dates With Barker" (1971)_ with Ronnie Barker as Arthur Harris and 'David Jason' as the Odd Job Man. For this feature-length remake, Graham Chapman wanted 'Keith Moon' of the Who to play the Odd Job Man, but Keith's recording commitments wouldn't allow him to appear. more
Quotes:
Fiona Harris: I'm leaving you.
Arthur Harris: When are you coming back?
Fiona Harris: I'm not. I'm going for good.
Arthur Harris: What? What for?
Fiona Harris: We're just not getting on.
Arthur Harris: Not getting on? We happen to be very happily married.
Fiona Harris: We're not.
Arthur Harris: I am.
Fiona Harris: I'm not!
Arthur Harris: Oh, I see, it's not a question of we're not happily married, it's you! Why not?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in What the Pythons Did Next... (2007) (TV) more

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Like Chapman then check it out. Don't like/know Chapman, move on., 7 December 1999
7/10
Author: Kris Earle from Boston, MA

This movie stars Monty Python's Graham Chapman and apparently hasn't been seen by many people considering there are less than 10 votes on it. I bought the video for $5 at a flea market since I'm a Python fan, figured I'd check it out. It's ok. Nothing special..kind of a one-joke premise...hire a guy to kill you, decide you don't want him to...then the guy won't quit until the job is done. Pretty funny ending though. What a lot of people don't know is that the American version of this was Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise who remade it as "The End." I watched it once then resold it on ebay for twice what I paid - hurrah! It's out of print so its tough to find, unless you hit a flea market or an old 1980's video store that has this, Adventures of Pac-Man, and the original copies of all 9 Friday the 13ths..good luck!...7 out of 10 (average rating).

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