Man About the House

Man About the House (1974)

4.8/10 17 votes 1h 30m HD

Overview

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.

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Cast

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan

Robin Tripp

Paula Wilcox

Paula Wilcox

Chrissy Plummer

Sally Thomsett

Sally Thomsett

Jo

Brian Murphy

Brian Murphy

George Roper

Yootha Joyce

Yootha Joyce

Mildred Roper

Peter Cellier

Peter Cellier

Morris Pluthero

Doug Fisher

Doug Fisher

Larry Simmons

Jack Smethurst

Jack Smethurst

Himself

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John Chard

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

April 5, 2014

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