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January 1959 (UK)
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A man wants to help a youth club that is in danger of closure. He decides to resort to blackmailing the relatives of the recently deceased...
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One-joke movie.
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Leslie Phillips | ... | Simon Hurd |
| Susan Beaumont | ... | Stella |
| Bill Fraser | ... | Jeremy Bentham |
| Thelma Ruby | ... | Junior Mistress |
| Mary Mackenzie | ... | Hester Waring |
| Paul Stassino | ... | Nick Morelli |
| Jimmy Thompson | ... | Lt. Hunter |
| Charles Clay | ... | Col. Hunter |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | ... | Lady Hunter |
| Shaun O'Riordan | ... | Reverend Pitt |
| Marianne Stone | ... | Bentham's secretary |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Michael Bird | ... | Detective sergeant |
| Paul Bogdan | ... | Dr. Cantare |
| Anthony Green | ... | Tommy |
| Alastair Hunter | ... | Communist Party leader |
| Lily Lapidus | ... | Ma Morelli |
| Arthur Mullard | ... | Renny Fiasco |
| Etain O'Dell | ||
| James Ottaway | ... | Butler |
| Hester Paton-Brown | ||
| Larry Taylor | ... | Maxie (as Laurence Taylor) |
| Brian Tyler | ... | Nutter |
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| David Eady | |||
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| Margot Bennett | writer | |
| Cecily Finn | story | |
| Joan O'Connor | story | |
Produced by | |||
| Jon Penington | .... | producer | |
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| Edwin Astley | |||
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| Eric Cross | |||
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| John Seabourne Sr. | |||
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| Harry Fine | |||
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| Ray Simm | |||
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| Jimmy Evans | .... | makeup supervisor | |
| Joyce James | .... | hair stylist | |
Production Management | |||
| Jacques de Lane Lea | .... | production supervisor | |
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| Luciano Sacripanti | .... | assistant director | |
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| Bill Bulkley | .... | sound | |
| Ken Cameron | .... | sound | |
| Brenda Taylor | .... | sound editor | |
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| Jack Lowin | .... | camera operator | |
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| Dulcie Midwinter | .... | wardrobe | |
Other crew | |||
| Yvonne Richards | .... | continuity | |
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- J. Arthur Rank Film Distributors (1959) (UK) (theatrical)
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60 min
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If you've read the plot summary, you know the joke. How many times can this be repeated in different situations while remaining funny? ...Well probably fewer times than this movie attempts to get away with. To be charitable I suppose there's some slight comparison with a movie like "Kind Hearts and Coronets", where a one-joke scenario is repeated many times. But unfortunately "The Man Who Liked Funerals" has neither the range of amusing characters nor the talented actors to carry off a really sustained comedy. In the end it's a mediocre but occasionally successful small-scale comedy.