Directed by:
Joseph McGrathCinematography:
Geoffrey UnsworthComposer:
Riz OrtolaniCast:
Shirley MacLaine, Richard Attenborough, James Booth, Freddie Jones, Patricia Routledge, John Bluthal, John Cleese, Bob Godfrey, Carol Cleveland (more)VOD (2)
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Attenborough is a bra manufacturer who thinks that his search for the perfect brassiere will result in everlasting world peace. He spends his off-hours listening to classical music and conducting these recorded orchestras as though his flailing arms make a difference. His wife, MacLaine, contents herself with sitting at the sewing machine until it breaks down. Attenborough sends one of his men, Booth, home to repair it, and he and MacLaine get on so well that she installs him as her lover in the attic! Scotland Yard starts looking for the man as he happily sits in the attic studying various self-help books and making the small area into a decorator's showplace. Meanwhile, Attenborough is plagued by thumps and bumps from above, none of which MacLaine claims to hear. Attenborough is eventually hospitalized for nervous exhaustion, and Booth, who has read so much about the stock market that he is now an expert, passes on tips to MacLaine, who gives them to her husband, who promptly amasses a fortune. A few more twists, then Attenborough finally learns the truth about his wife and announces his intention to divorce and to return to his music. He gives his bra factory to Booth as a wedding present. The end offers a startling machination we will not reveal. Freddie Jones as a gay cop and Bob Monkhouse, longtime British TV star, as a psychiatrist, add to the fun. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Shirley MacLaine
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
The Apartment (1960)
Being There (1979)
Richard Attenborough
UK
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
The Great Escape (1963)
Hamlet (1996)
James Booth
UK
Best movies:
Zulu (1964)
Robbery (1967)
Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Freddie Jones
UK
Best movies:
L'Homme éléphant (1980)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
The Last Butterfly (1990)
Patricia Routledge
UK
Best movies:
To Sir, with Love (1967)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)
The Curse of King Tut's Tomb (1980) (TV movie)
John Bluthal
Poland
Best movies:
The Fifth Element (1997)
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
John Cleese
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Parrot Sketch Not Included: Twenty Years of Monty Python (1989) (TV movie)
Bob Godfrey
Australia
Best movies:
Help! (1965)
The Falls (1980)
Casino Royale (1967)
Carol Cleveland
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982) (theatrical recording)
Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy (2010) (theatrical recording)
Barry Humphries
Australia
Best movies:
Finding Nemo (2003)
Mary and Max (2009)
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (1976) (theatrical recording)
Marianne Stone
UK
Best movies:
Tiger Bay (1959)
To Sir, with Love (1967)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Harry Towb
Ireland
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Patton (1970)
Bob Monkhouse
UK
Best movies:
Jonathan Creek (1997) (series)
Secret People (1952)
Thunderbirds Are GO (1966)
Leslie Dwyer
UK
Best movies:
A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Laughter in Paradise (1951)
Act of Love (1953)
Frank Thornton
UK
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Clive Dunn
UK
Best movies:
Much Ado About Nothing (1984) (TV movie)
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
The Magic Christian (1969)
Ronnie Brody
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Help! (1965)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Sheila Steafel
South Africa
Best movies:
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1969)
The 10th Kingdom (2000) (series)
Five Million Years to Earth (1967)
Harry Fielder
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
La Guerre des étoiles (1977)
L'Homme éléphant (1980)