“The Funniest Show on Earth!”
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.
Basil Dearden
Michael Relph
William Rose
John Eldridge
Douglas Slocombe
William Alwyn
Virginia McKenna
Jean Spenser
Bill Travers
Matt Spenser
Margaret Rutherford
Mrs. Fazackalee
Peter Sellers
Percy Quill
Bernard Miles
Old Tom
Francis de Wolff
Albert Hardcastle
Leslie Phillips
Robin Carter
June Cunningham
Marlene Hogg
Sid James
Mr. Hogg
George Cross
Commissionaire
George Cormack
Bell
Stringer Davis
Emmett
... and 6 more
barrymost
What if you were informed that you've just inherited your late uncle's "fortune" and then you found out that this "fortune" was, in reality, just an old, dilapidated, little movie theater? I'm assuming you'd be none too happy. Well, neither were Matt and Jean Spenser in this enjoyable little comed...
CinemaSerf
If only I had a great-uncle “Simon” who would die (peacefully, of course) and leave me a cinema! Well that’s what “Jean” (Virginia McKenna) and “Matt” (Bill Travers) are bequeathed and so off the set to “Sloughborough” to take a look at their inheritance. Their hopes are high when the cabbie tells t...
Hallmark Productions