My collection of British comedy films.
My list of British comedy films cover the 50s, 60s and 70s. Superb talent from the likes of Peter Sellers, Alastair Sim, Tony Hancock, Terry Thomas and others.
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- DirectorRobert DayBasil DeardenStarsAlastair SimGeorge ColeTerry-ThomasAn assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsIan CarmichaelTerry-ThomasPeter SellersA naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
- DirectorJohn BoultingStarsIan CarmichaelRonald AdamHenry B. LonghurstIn World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.Brilliant!
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsAlastair SimJoyce GrenfellGeorge ColeThe schoolgirls of St. Trinian's are more interested in racing forms than books; as they try to get rich quick, they are abetted by the headmistress' brother.The best one by far.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsTerry-ThomasGeorge ColeJoyce GrenfellThe girls of St. Trinian's School go on a bus tour of Italy chaperoned by a diamond-thief disguised as a woman to elude the police.
- DirectorFrank LaunderStarsCecil ParkerGeorge ColeJoyce GrenfellThe hellions of St. Trinians are recruited to a sheik's harem. Little does he know what he's letting himself in for.
- DirectorSidney GilliatFrank LaunderStarsFrankie HowerdDora BryanGeorge ColeThe all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
- DirectorRobert DayStarsTony HancockGeorge SandersPaul MassieTony Hancock gives up his day job to become an artist. He's a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics dislike his work. Nevertheless, he impresses a talented artist.
- DirectorRobert HamerHal E. ChesterCyril FrankelStarsIan CarmichaelTerry-ThomasAlastair SimA young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation.
- DirectorPat JacksonStarsSidney JamesKenneth ConnorShirley EatonErnie's uncle has just died, but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMargaret RutherfordMoira ListerNorman, a stockroom worker at a London store, aspires to be a window dresser. Pursuing his dream, he falls for a shopgirl and they uncover a robbery plot, miraculously foiling the thieves.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomJoan RiceShirley AbicairNorman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss!) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "never seen the sea". When they get back, they discover the plan to close the orphanage and must decide what to do.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomLana MorrisBelinda LeeCivil Servant Norman becomes the favourite of the rulers of a South Seas island that the British have an interest in.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMaureen SwansonJerry DesmondeA friendly window cleaner works at an English country estate where he saves the owner's son from kidnappers.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomMargaret RutherfordJill DixonNorman works in a high-class jewellers and dreams of buying an expensive necklace for a shop girl who works across the street. His chance comes when he places a £1 accumulator on the horse races at Goodwood.
- DirectorJohn Paddy CarstairsStarsNorman WisdomHonor BlackmanEdward ChapmanA British road repairman gets into a feud with the army, gets drafted, and is mistakenly parachuted into German-occupied France where his physical resemblance to the local German commandant triggers a hilarious chain reaction.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomIan HunterDavid LodgeWhen he is crossed in love, grocers assistant Norman Puckle joins the Navy, where he is recruited to man the first British rocket.
- DirectorStuart BurgeStarsNorman WisdomAlfred MarksAndrew CruickshankDavy Cooper is a law-abiding but down on his luck explosives expert. A chance meeting with a former comrade leads the naive Cooper into a world of crime and ultimately prison. On release though the chance to make amends presents itself.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomJennifer JayneRaymond HuntleyNorman wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Norman could cause.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomEdward ChapmanJeanette SterkeMischievous Norman causes chaos at hospital after accident. Encounters traumatized mute girl Lindy who lost parents. Determined to help, he tries bringing joy back into her life.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomEdward ChapmanJerry DesmondeNorman is the assistant trying to assist the operation of a small, old-fashioned dairy which is being threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Norman gives his best attempts to save the dairy (and his horse), and the usual chaos ensues.
- DirectorRobert AsherStarsNorman WisdomDerek BondAngela BrowneThe British P.M.'s grandson, Norman, becomes a reporter for a provincial newspaper where he causes hilarious chaos.
- DirectorRalph ThomasStarsDirk BogardeMuriel PavlowKenneth MoreThe trials and tribulations of a group of medical students at St. Swithin's hospital in London, England.
- DirectorBasil DeardenStarsKenneth MoreShirley Anne FieldNorman BirdScientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera.
- DirectorWendy ToyeStarsKenneth MoreLloyd NolanJoan O'BrienThis is the story of the riotous, romantic, exciting, astonishing and highly entertaining adventures of Lieutenant Commander "Bodger" Badger, R.N. (Kenneth More). An exceptionally likeable fellow, the Badger has one besetting sin, a shining honesty.