Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few ...
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| 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 | |
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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 | |
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Carl Andrews | ... | Taxi Driver |
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Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him... Written by Mika Perl <mikap@ctrl-c.liu.se>
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seduction | brother brother relationship | spoof | friend | husband wife relationship |Taglines:
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EnglishRelease Date:
September 1978 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Caretaker: What are you doing?
Arthur Harris: I'm minding my own sodding business, which is more than can be said for you, you snivelling little turd!
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[The Caretaker spots Arthur's first suicide attempt]Caretaker: What are you doing?
Arthur Harris: I'm minding my own sodding business, which is more than can be said for you, you snivelling little turd!
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Had good hopes for this 70s flick with Python's Chapman, but it's really not that good.
This was originally a short script and the filler shows. It rambles through unfunny situations and soon, to paraphrase Python, you feel like it goes on and on and on until you start foaming at the mouth and fall over backwards.
To be fair, there were lots of these B Brit films made in the 70s. This one tries to promote itself on Python's back, only there is nothing Pythonesque about it.
There's nothing funny about it either. Should be of interest only to die hard Python fans who want to see a second rate curio made during the height of Python's tenure.