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Thark

  • 19321932
  • 1h 19m
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5.2/10
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Aldwych farce. Acting as legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow sells the titular country house to Mrs Frush - who then complains that it is haunted. Various investigators and o... Read allAldwych farce. Acting as legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow sells the titular country house to Mrs Frush - who then complains that it is haunted. Various investigators and occupants spend a night searching for the ghost.Aldwych farce. Acting as legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow sells the titular country house to Mrs Frush - who then complains that it is haunted. Various investigators and occupants spend a night searching for the ghost.
IMDb RATING
5.2/10
15
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  • Director
    • Tom Walls
  • Writer
    • Ben Travers(play)
  • Stars
    • Tom Walls
    • Ralph Lynn
    • Mary Brough
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  • Director
    • Tom Walls
  • Writer
    • Ben Travers(play)
  • Stars
    • Tom Walls
    • Ralph Lynn
    • Mary Brough
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    Tom Walls
    Tom Walls
    • Sir Hector Benbowas Sir Hector Benbow
    Ralph Lynn
    Ralph Lynn
    • Ronald Gambleas Ronald Gamble
    Mary Brough
    • Mrs. Toddas Mrs. Todd
    Robertson Hare
    Robertson Hare
    • Hookas Hook
    Claude Hulbert
    Claude Hulbert
    • Lionel Toddas Lionel Todd
    Joan Brierley
    • Cherry Buckas Cherry Buck
    Gordon James
    • Deathas Death
    Evalyn Bostock
    • Kitty Strattonas Kitty Stratton
    Beryl de Querton
    • Lady Benbowas Lady Benbow
    Marjorie Corbett
    • Warneras Warner
    Miles Malleson
    Miles Malleson
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      • Tom Walls
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      • Ben Travers(play) (screenplay)
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    Aldwych farce. Acting as legal guardian of Kitty Stratton, Sir Hector Benbow sells the titular country house to Mrs Frush - who then complains that it is haunted. Various investigators and occupants spend a night searching for the ghost.
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      • It is even funnier than "Rookery Nook"
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    • Connections
      Remade as The Jazz Age: Thark (1968)

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    7/10
    What you might say when you see a ghost
    Yes, THARK is an exclamation by a person who sees a ghost in this delightfully dippy haunted house comedy...and so you can easily see the risqué joke in the title. Today of course they just bellow F**CK. There were many haunted house comedies of this period generally between versions of the Cat And The Canary and right up to Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein or even Francis in a Haunted House. One of my favorite British scare comedies is The Haunted Lighthouse from about 1934. THARK (say it out loud) borrows also from The Cat Creeps, The Bat Whispers and any other films post 1927 lifted from plays about specters and weird butlers and stormy nights in a mansion, a burglary and perhaps a murder. See also THE PHANTOM OF CRESTWOOD. As far as rude movie titles go, it is a beauty and not bettered until THE AMAZING DR CLITTERHOUSE (clitoris) of the 40s. Hilarious!
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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1932 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • British and Dominions Studios, Elstree, Hertfordshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Herbert Wilcox Productions
      • British & Dominions Film Corporation
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      1 hour 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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