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5.9/10   239 votes
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Director:
Joseph McGrath
Writer:
Eric Chappell (screenplay)
Contact:
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Genre:
Comedy more
Awards:
3 wins more
User Comments:
The perfect combination... more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Leonard Rossiter ... Rigsby
Frances de la Tour ... Miss Jones (as Frances De La Tour)
Denholm Elliott ... Seymour
Don Warrington ... Philip
Christopher Strauli ... John
Carrie Jones ... Sandra
Glynn Edwards ... Cooper
John Cater ... Bert
Derek Griffiths ... Alec
Ronnie Brody ... Waiter
Alan Clare ... Accordionist
Jonathan Cecil ... Assistant
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bill Dean ... Workman
Pat Roach ... Rugby player
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Additional Details

Runtime:
98 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | UK:PG (video rating) (1986) (uncut) | UK:A (original rating) (cut)

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Original castmember Richard Beckinsale died before the film could go before the cameras; consequently his medical student character Alan Moore was rewritten as Christopher Strauli's art student John. At the time Strauli was a well-known face on British screens from his regular rôle in another Eric Chappell sitcom from Yorkshire Television, "Only When I Laugh" (1979). more
Quotes:
Rigsby: Permissive society? There's no such thing. I should know I've looked for it. more
Movie Connections:
Follows "Rising Damp" (1974) more

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2 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
The perfect combination..., 26 July 1999
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Author: nospin from Loutraki, Geece

So, Americans make t.v. series based on movies, whilst us Brits make films based on t.v. shows.It should never work, but on this occasion it does because of a sublime meeting of character and actor. Cliches are sometimes justly so, and Leonard Rossiter was BORN to play Rigsby.This is one of the great comic creations, kind of how Norman Bates would have turned out if he'd been melancholic instead if murderous.

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