Movie Cosmos - Man About the House

Description:

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

Top Cast >

Richard O'Sullivan

As Robin Tripp

Paula Wilcox

As Chrissy Plummer

Sally Thomsett

As Jo

Brian Murphy

As George Roper

Yootha Joyce

As Mildred Roper

Peter Cellier

As Morris Pluthero

Doug Fisher

As Larry Simmons

Jack Smethurst

As Himself

Rudolph Walker

As Himself

Arthur Lowe

As Spiros

Bill Maynard

As Chef

Spike Milligan

As Himself

Aimi MacDonald

As Hazel Lovett

Patrick Newell

As Sir Edmund Weir

Bill Grundy

As Himself

Michael Robbins

As Doorman

Norman Mitchell

As Arthur Mulgrove

Michael Ward

As Mr. Gideon

Andrea Lawrence

As Miss Amelia Bird

Julian Orchard

As Producer

Aubrey Morris

As Lecturer

Bill Pertwee

As Postman

Johnny Briggs

As Milkman

Melvyn Hayes

As Nigel

Berry Cornish

As P.A.

Bill Sawyer

As Jenkins

Mark Rogers

As Boy Scout

Pauline Peart

As Secretary

Arthur Hewlett

As Elderly Man

Annie Leake

As Tweedy Lady

Corinne Skinner-Carter

As Housewife

Robert Dorning

As Colonel Manners (uncredited)

Alan Gibbs

As Pub Patron (uncredited)

Alan Harris

As Man in Studio Bar (uncredited)

Damaris Hayman

As Old Lady (uncredited)

Terry Sartain

As Man in Studio Bar (uncredited)

June West

As Lady at Meeting (uncredited)

Top Crew >

John Robins

Director

Johnnie Mortimer

Writer

Brian Cooke

Writer

Roy Skeggs

Producer

Christopher Gunning

Original Music Composer

James Allen

Director of Photography

Archie Ludski

Editor

Don Picton

Art Direction

Eddie Knight

Makeup Supervisor

Betty Sherriff

Hair Supervisor

Dennis Hall

Production Manager

Derek Whitehurst

Assistant Director

Claude Hitchcock

Sound Recordist

Roy Hyde

Sound Editor

Chic Anstiss

Camera Operator

Renée Glynne

Continuity

Laura Nightingale

Wardrobe Supervisor

Jock Lyall

Construction Manager

A.W. Lumkin

Sound Director

Dennis Whitlock

Sound Mixer

Ted Hallows

Gaffer

Philip Martell

Music Supervisor

Reviews:

John Chard (5/10)

Round the houses the writers go.

A film spin off from the hugely popular British situation comedy of the same name, it stars Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy. When a development company tries to buy all the houses in their street, flatmates Robin, Chrissy and Jo decide to help their landlords in staving off the buy out.

The material here is sadly too thin that it wastes what was always a damn fine cast. The sexy spark between Robin and the two girls is still there, and Mildred’s (Joyce) sexual frustration with hubby George (Murphy) continues; with an interesting twist added a film’s culmination, yet it’s all very tired and short on laughs. You know you are trouble when you have to resort to a gastric stomach problem to hang your big laugh sequence on. Still, the cast are always watchable (I have been in love and lust with Wilcox since forever), while small appearances by Arthur Lowe and Spike Milligan are most welcome diversions from the poor screenplay. 5/10

2014-04-05