The incompetent detectives of Rentadick, Inc. track thieves of an experimental nerve gas that paralyzes from the waist down.The incompetent detectives of Rentadick, Inc. track thieves of an experimental nerve gas that paralyzes from the waist down.The incompetent detectives of Rentadick, Inc. track thieves of an experimental nerve gas that paralyzes from the waist down.
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- TriviaThe original script, titled "Rentasleuth", was written by John Cleese and Graham Chapman. However, the pair left the project and, having seen the finished film, asked for their names to be removed. The film therefore has an "additional material by" credit, but no main screenplay credit.
- GoofsWest shoots a dart at the photo of Major Upton and it hits just above the neck. When they shoot a close up the dart is now next to the ear.
- Quotes
Utta Armitage: Tell me for humanity's sake: how many roads must a man walk down before you call him a man?
- ConnectionsFeatured in Katarina's Kat Scratch Cinema: Rentadick (2013)
- SoundtracksRentadick
(Title Song)
Music by Carl Davis, Arthur Sullivan (uncredited)
Lyrics by Ned Sherrin and Caryl Brahms
Sung by Dave Dee and The King's Singers
Featured review
Poor some good touches, but with all this talent, what went wrong?
Armitage runs a chemical company that is on the verge of producing a gas that causes temporary disability. Clearly the military want it but it is also sought by a group of Japanese. Both Armitage and Madam Greenfly hire different people in the same detective agency to guard the gas and steal it respectively
confusion, double crosses and hilarity ensue
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I had high hopes for this get this it was written by Python's Chapman and Cleese, with contributions from satirists Wells and Fortune (who still works with Rory Bremner). It has a lot of famous TV faces (Sinden, Griffiths, Keith, Briers) and has involvement from Goons Milligan and Michael Bentine. With this type of quality involved I assumed that the product would be good.
But this never rises above the standard set by all 1970's British comedy which rely on bawdy farce rather than humour to get by. It has plenty of little surreal touches that make it rise slightly above the pack, but really this isn't carried across into the dialogue or plot. It even builds to a keystone cop style chase typical of the period. None of the cast really get into it the cameos are OK, but you can't help feel the waste.
Overall this is pretty poor. It's better than the raft of smutty 1970's comedies that this is related to, but with the talent on board you can't help feel that greater things were possible.
I had high hopes for this get this it was written by Python's Chapman and Cleese, with contributions from satirists Wells and Fortune (who still works with Rory Bremner). It has a lot of famous TV faces (Sinden, Griffiths, Keith, Briers) and has involvement from Goons Milligan and Michael Bentine. With this type of quality involved I assumed that the product would be good.
But this never rises above the standard set by all 1970's British comedy which rely on bawdy farce rather than humour to get by. It has plenty of little surreal touches that make it rise slightly above the pack, but really this isn't carried across into the dialogue or plot. It even builds to a keystone cop style chase typical of the period. None of the cast really get into it the cameos are OK, but you can't help feel the waste.
Overall this is pretty poor. It's better than the raft of smutty 1970's comedies that this is related to, but with the talent on board you can't help feel that greater things were possible.
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- May 4, 2002
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- Also known as
- Rentasleuth
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- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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