British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide
The Fast Lady. Image shows from L to R: Charles Chingford (James Robertson Justice), Murdoch Troon (Stanley Baxter). Copyright: Independent Artists
The Fast Lady

The Fast Lady

  • 1963 film

Cyclist Murdoch Troon is encouraged to double his wheel-count for the affections of a beautiful girl - however, her father could be a greater obstacle. Stars James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips, Stanley Baxter, Kathleen Harrison, Julie Christie and more.

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Very Important Person. Sir Ernest Pease KBE FRS / Lt. Farrow, RN (James Robertson Justice). Copyright: Independent Artists Film

Very Important Person

1961 film spoofing stiff-upper-lipped war dramas, starring James Robertson Justice as a bombastic scientist who ends up in a PoW camp.

Father Came Too!. Image shows from L to R: Dexter Munro (Stanley Baxter), Juliet Munro (Sally Smith). Copyright: Independent Artists Film

Father Came Too!

Comedy from the team behind The Fast Lady, centring on the newly-wed Munros who purchase an old cottage but underestimate the refurbishment needed.

Genevieve. Image shows from L to R: Ambrose Claverhouse (Kenneth More), Wendy McKim (Dinah Sheridan), Alan McKim (John Gregson), Rosalind Peters (Kay Kendall). Copyright: ITV Studios Film

Genevieve

Film about two classic car fanatics who, after completing the annual London-to-Brighton run, decide to make the return leg a race.

The Iron Maiden. Image shows from L to R: Jack Hopkins (Michael Craig), Paul Fisher (Alan Hale). Copyright: Peter Rogers Productions Film

The Iron Maiden

An aircraft designer's love of traction engines gets in the way of his job when an American airline owner visits England on a buying mission.

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