When You Come Home

Jan 1, 1948

1h 38m

★ 4.8

The Rollicking Laugh A Second Comedy

Overview

When You Come Home was Randle’s seventh feature film, and sees him recount his life as a music hall odd job man to his grandaughter.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Butcher's Film Service

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Cast

Frank

Frank Randle

Maestro

Leslie Sarony

Fingers

Leslie Holmes

Paula Ryngelbaum

Diana Decker

Mike O'Flaherty

Fred Conyngham

Singer

Linda Parker

Dr. Dormer Franklyn

Jack Melford

Mrs. Ryngelbaum

Lily Lapidus

Joshua Ryngelbaum

Tony Heaton

Lady Langfield

Hilda Bayley

Delia

Lesley Osmond

Designer

Gus Aubrey

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6.0

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6.4

Everyone Says I Love You

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A New York girl sets her father up with a beautiful woman in a shaky marriage while her half sister gets engaged.

4.2

The Ups and Downs of a Handyman

Oct 31, 1976

A young handyman and his wife move to a small village and set up business. There, the handyman encounters numerous strange characters, including a local constable more inept than a squad car full of Keystone Kops; an elderly magistrate whose primary passion is spanking young women; a schoolmistress with a closetful of kinks; and more predatory housewives than the young man can handle.

4.3

Eve and the Handyman

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6.2

Greedy

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5.9

Dirty Grandpa

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6.4

In the Game

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5.7

The Farmer's Wife

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5.7

18 Again!

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81-year-old millionaire Jack Watson switches bodies with his 18-year-old grandson David, leading the two to experience life on opposite ends of the age spectrum. But when David, trapped in Jack's aged body, ends up in a coma, his grandfather must use his meager knowledge of the youth to prevent his family from pulling the plug.

7.3

Speedy

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7.0

Trottie True

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7.5

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6.1

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6.3

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6.4

Father's Little Dividend

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0.0

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A young Japanese boy is on a quest to discover the perfect bowl of ramen to feed to his dying grandfather. Short film featured on the R2 DVD of Battlefield Baseball.

7.5

On Borrowed Time

Jul 7, 1939

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

3.8

Better Late Than Never

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6.2

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