Directed by:
Richard LesterScreenplay:
John AntrobusCinematography:
David WatkinComposer:
Ken ThorneCast:
Rita Tushingham, Ralph Richardson, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Spike Milligan, Michael Hordern, Arthur Lowe, Ronald Fraser, Marty Feldman, Jack Shepherd (more)VOD (1)
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In a vividly realised post-apocalyptic London, Mrs Ethel Shroake is crowned Queen and Lord Fortnum awaits his imminent transformation into a bedsitting room. Meanwhile, seventeen-months pregnant Penelope and her parents leave the safety of their underground carriage to find her a husband and finally reclaim their baggage. (British Film Institute (BFI))
(more)Cast
![Rita Tushingham](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/553/161553961_8c03e2.jpg)
Rita Tushingham
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Trap (1966)
A Taste of Honey (1961)
![Ralph Richardson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/653/164653272_360425.jpg)
Ralph Richardson
UK
Best movies:
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Heiress (1949)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
![Peter Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270966_66f658.jpg)
Peter Cook
UK
Best movies:
Black Beauty (1994)
The Secret Policeman's Ball (1979) (theatrical recording)
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (1976) (theatrical recording)
![Dudley Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267768_7ad2d1.jpg)
Dudley Moore
UK
Best movies:
Monty Python Meets Beyond the Fringe (1976) (theatrical recording)
Unfaithfully Yours (1984)
Those Daring Young Men in Their Jaunty Jalopies (1969)
![Spike Milligan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/372/159372960_a21951.jpg)
Spike Milligan
India
Best movies:
Life of Brian (1979)
Gormenghast (2000) (series)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Michael Hordern](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/527/161527020_25ef13.jpg)
Michael Hordern
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Shogun (1980) (series)
![Arthur Lowe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/330/160330516_785f4d.jpg)
Arthur Lowe
UK
Best movies:
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949)
If.... (1968)
![Ronald Fraser](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126142_d87370.jpg)
Ronald Fraser
UK
Best movies:
The V.I.P.s (1963)
The Flight of the Phoenix (1965)
Let Him Have It (1991)
![Marty Feldman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/099/162099144_c47d12.jpg)
Marty Feldman
UK
Best movies:
Sex With A Smile (1976)
Silent Movie (1976)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
![Jack Shepherd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188040_d64962.jpg)
Jack Shepherd
UK
Best movies:
The Last Valley (1971)
Escape from Sobibor (1987) (TV movie)
Into the Storm (2009) (TV movie)
![Harry Secombe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886116_77c5ab.jpg)
Harry Secombe
UK
Best movies:
Oliver! (1968)
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
![Roy Kinnear](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/125/158125872_70caf0.jpg)
Roy Kinnear
UK
Best movies:
The Hill (1965)
Pavlova: A Woman for All Time (1983)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
![Mona Washbourne](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125757_d096a1.gif)
Mona Washbourne
UK
Best movies:
My Fair Lady (1964)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
Man with a Million (1954)
Jimmy Edwards
UK
Best movies:
The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Innocents in Paris (1953)
Three Men in a Boat (1956)
Dandy Nichols
UK
Best movies:
The Plague Dogs (1982)
O Lucky Man! (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
Edward Malin
UK
Best movies:
How to Steal a Million (1966)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Silent Enemy (1958)
Frank Thornton
UK
Best movies:
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Early Bird (1965)
The Assassination Bureau (1969)
Bill Wallis
UK
Best movies:
Brazil (1985)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Espionage Escapades (1999) - a.f.
![Ronnie Brody](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/452/161452422_5c6641.jpg)
Ronnie Brody
UK
Best movies:
A Stitch in Time (1963)
Help! (1965)
Little Dorrit (1987)
Gordon Rollings
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
A Hard Day's Night (1964)
The Sign of Four (1983) (TV movie)