Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
John AntrobusCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
Ken ThorneCast:
Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe, Ronald Fraser, Marty Feldman, Jack Shepherd (more)Plots(1)
Post-apocalypse England. The 20 survivors of the nuclear war carrying on as best they can. They have a new queen (Mrs. Ethel Shroake of 393A High Street, Leytonstone) and have managed to re-establish some semblance of British society. Admittedly young Penelope is 17 months pregnant and Lord Fortnum has decided to become an old English estate (he eventually settles for turning himself into a bed sitting room) but the British way of life continues. Fundamental standards such as "stiff upper lip", "know your place" and, above all, "preserve the status quo" are being rigorously upheld as life in the wreckage goes on. This 1969 absurdist triumph began life as a one act play by Spike Milligan and John Antrobus that was quickly expanded to a full stage production. Eventually it fell to Richard Lester, the director who practically defined British cinema in the 60s to put this bizarre, minimalist anarchy onto the big screen. (Shock Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Rita Tushingham
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Trap (1966)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Peter Cook
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (1976) (theatrical recording)
Dudley Moore
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (1976) (theatrical recording)
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
Spike Milligan
India
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Shogun (1980) (series)
Arthur Lowe
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
If.... (1968)
Ronald Fraser
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Let Him Have It (1991)
Marty Feldman
UK
Best movies:
Sex With A Smile (1976)
Silent Movie (1976)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Jack Shepherd
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV movie)
Harry Secombe
UK
Best movies:
Oliver! (1968)
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Roy Kinnear
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973)
Mona Washbourne
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Million Pound Note (1954)
Jimmy Edwards
UK
Best movies:
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Innocents in Paris (1953)
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
Edward Malin
UK
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Frank Thornton
UK
Best movies:
Richard Lester's The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Bill Wallis
UK
Best movies:
Brazil (1985)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999) - a.f.
Ronnie Brody
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Help! (1965)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Gordon Rollings
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)