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Man About the House (film)

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Production
Reception
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{{distinguish|A Man About the House (film)}}{{Infobox film
| name = Man About the House
| image = "Man_About_the_House"_(1974_film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = UK theatrical poster
| director = John Robins
| producer = Roy Skeggs
| writer = Johnnie Mortimer
Brian Cooke
| based_on = {{based on|Man About the House|Johnnie Mortimer and Brian Cooke}}
| starring = Richard O'Sullivan
Paula Wilcox
Sally Thomsett
Yootha Joyce
Brian Murphy
| music = Christopher Gunning
| cinematography = James Allen
| editing = Archie Ludski
| studio = Hammer Films
| distributor = EMI Films
| released = 22 December 1974
| runtime = 90 mins
| country = United Kingdom
| language = English
| budget =
| gross = £90,000 (London area)^[1]
}}

Man About the House is a 1974 British comedy film, a spinoff of the sitcom of the same name, starring all of the main cast of the series. It was the last in a series of big screen adaptations of popular TV shows made by Hammer Films^[1] though a George & Mildred film (featuring Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy) would be made in 1980 by another studio.

Plot

The Ropers learn that Mr Pluthero, a real estate developer, wants to buy their building. The roommates circulate a petition to stop the development which attracts the interest of MP Sir Edmund, who keeps a mistress in the building.

Cast

Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp
Paula Wilcox as Chrissy Plummer
Sally Thomsett as Jo
Yootha Joyce as Mrs Roper
Brian Murphy as Mr Roper
Peter Cellier as Morris Pluthero
Doug Fisher as Larry Simmonds
Arthur Lowe as Mr Spiros
Bill Maynard as Chef
Aimi MacDonald as Hazel Lovett
Patrick Newell as Sir Edmund Weir
Andria Lawrence as Miss Amelia Bird
Bill Grundy as the Interviewer
Michael Ward as Mr Gideon
Julian Orchard as the Producer
Aubrey Morris as the Lecturer
Bill Pertwee as the Postman
Johnny Briggs as the Milkman
Melvyn Hayes as Nigel
Berry Cornish as the P.A.
Bill Sawyer as the Chauffeur
Mark Rogers as Boy Scout
Pauline Peart as the Secretary
Arthur Hewlett as the Elderly Man
Annie Leake as the Tweedy Lady
Corinne Skinner as the Housewife
Michael Robbins as the Doorman
Norman Mitchell as Arthur Mulgrove
Jack Smethurst, Rudolph Walker and Spike Milligan as themselves

Production

The film started shooting in March 1974 at Elstree Studios in London, finishing on 12 April.^[2]

Reception

The film was a hit, taking £90,000 in London alone.^[1]

The critics were less impressed, with David Parkinson writing in the Radio Times, "great cast, shame about the script...The material is thinner than a bedsit wall."^[3]

References

1. ^¹²Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer films: An exhaustive filmography, McFarland, 1996. p375.
2. ^Alan Barnes & Marcus Hearn, The hammer story: The authorised history of Hammer films, Titan books, 2007. p 151.
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/film/xhcv/man-about-the-house |title=Man about the House | Film review and movie reviews |publisher=Radio Times |date= |accessdate=2014-03-20}}

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