In 1907, an actor is invited to perform in an isolated country house, and becomes involved in mysterious and dangerous events.
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| Frankie Howerd | ... | Foster Twelvetrees | |
| Ray Milland | ... | Stewart Henderson | |
| Hugh Burden | ... | Reggie Henderson | |
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Kenneth Griffith | ... | Ernest Henderson |
| John Bennett | ... | Patel | |
| Rosalie Crutchley | ... | Jessica Henderson | |
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Ruth Dunning | ... | Agnes Henderson |
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Elizabeth MacLennan | ... | Verity Henderson |
| Aimée Delamain | ... | Mother | |
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Peter Munt | ... | Cabbie |
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In 1907, an actor is invited to perform in an isolated country house, and becomes involved in mysterious and dangerous events.
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
September 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Crazy House See more »Filming Locations:
Oakley Court, Windsor Road, Oakley Green, Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Anglo-EMI Film Distributors,Associated London Films,Extonation Productions See more »
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Verity Henderson: Do you play by ear?
Foster Twelvetrees: No, I'm going to use my fingers.
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(uncredited)
Music by Harry Robertson
Lyrics by Clive Exton and Terry Nation
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Some of the names of the famous authors that Foster Twelvetrees (Frankie Howerd) recited were from the works of Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare and Fyodor Dostoevsky. See more »Goofs
After Ray Milland invites Frankie to a reading for the family, Frankie enters a room with the family waiting for him. Shortly afterwards, the daughter leaves the room and the shot shows her in the process of closing the door behind her. Frankie then leaves the room to go to her and the door is wide open. See more »Quotes
Foster Twelvetrees: Do I play the piano? Does Paganini play the trumpet?Verity Henderson: Do you play by ear?
Foster Twelvetrees: No, I'm going to use my fingers.
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Dance of the Dolls(uncredited)
Music by Harry Robertson
Lyrics by Clive Exton and Terry Nation
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I have seen this film, or movie if you prefer, on a couple of occasions and found it very entertaining.
Critics of the film have over the years said it would have been so much better with Bob Hope in the lead role, but this is surely the kind of role that Hope, albeit very effectively, played to excess through his career? so its nice to see another actor have a stab at a 'Hope-esque' role.
Howerd breezes through the film delivering his lines with a 'poker' face, as only he could, and seems to be rather enjoying the experience. I would say that this is one of his more engaging performances.
Some scenes are superbly weird, especially the family's 'living marionette' act, at the end of which Howerd asks in his memorable diction "I wonder what they do for an encore?"
Watching this film is a very passable way of spending a couple of hours!