One Way Pendulum

Jan 21, 1965

1h 25m

★ 5.5

Take a trip round the bend - with the World's Wackiest Family!

Overview

A study of absurdity in a suburban family: father recreates the Old Bailey in the living room while the son teaches speak-your-weight machines to sing in the attic.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Woodfall Film Productions

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Cast

Mr. Groomkirby

Eric Sykes

Sylvia

Julia Foster

Mrs. Gantry

Peggy Mount

Aunt Mildred

Mona Washbourne

Defence Counsel

George Cole

Kirby

Jonathan Miller

Mrs. Groomkirby

Alison Leggatt

Judge

Douglas Wilmer

Detective Inspector Barnes

Glyn Houston

Prosecuting Counsel

Graham Crowden

Stan

Kenneth Farrington

Clerk of the Court

Walter Horsbrugh

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

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