Cardew Robinson
Nacimiento : 1917-08-14, Goodmayes, Essex, England, UK
Muerte : 1992-12-28
Historia
Douglas John Cardew Robinson (14 August 1917 – 28 December 1992) was a British comic, whose craft was rooted in the music hall and Gang Shows.
Londoner
Shirley Valentine (Pauline Collins) es una mujer madura, extravagante pero simpática, que un día decide abandonar su aburrida vida para buscar el amor en las islas griegas. Tom Conti es El divertido propietario de un restaurante (Tom Conti) empezará cortejarla.
Ticket Inspector
El doctor Robert "Sweeney" Todd es asignado a un nuevo hospital, y rápidamente aprende sobre las travesuras que realizan las enfermeras cuando las puertas están cerradas.
McIvar
Dos atractivas señoritas viven con su bella tía viuda en una finca boscosa aislada. Las mujeres se han ganado una gran reputación en los pueblos de los alrededores y los hombres de toda la región visitan con frecuencia la pequeña casa rural, con la esperanza de encontrarse con una, o preferiblemente con ambas, de las sobrinas seductoras. Por supuesto, la tía tiene deseos igualmente fuertes y se niega a ser superada. ¡Pronto los tres están ofreciendo a los muchos mensajeros la oportunidad de venir a jugar conmigo!
Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
The Magistrate (segment "The Theatre")
A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.
Postman
The young inventors Dick and Jenny Brewster, build their own 'Hoverbug' and hope to win the race which has been organised for home-made Hovercraft, but their arch rivals, Charlie and Sydney, bend the rules by enlisting professional help and by employing devious means to sabotage the Hoverbug.
Lord Mayor
Obra basada en las aventuras de Jack Sheppard, el ladrón y experto en fugarse de la cárcel, que se convirtió en un héroe popular en el Londres de los años 20 del siglo XVIII.
The Fakir
Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond looks after the British outpost near the Khybar pass. Protected by the kilted Third Foot and Mouth regiment, you would think they were safe, but the Khazi of Kalabar has other ideas—he wants all the British dead. But his troops fear the 'skirted-devils, who are rumoured not to wear any underwear.
Custard Pie Vicar
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
Bernhard Hagstrom
Un guía turístico de una modesta agencia de viajes británica sigue a uno de los ocupantes del autocar a su cargo, un borrachín empedernido, y va a parar al casino de Roma, donde no tiene otro remedio que jugar, hasta que gana sin querer veinte millones de libras. Una bonita estafadora no le quita los ojos de encima...
Gravedigger
Cass followed the bright lights to London and was quickly disillusioned. She met and married Doctor Langdon, but soon realised she wanted to return to her home by the sea, and to her first love, Colin.
Gay Man in Pub
Alfie (Michael Caine), un cockney londinense que trabaja como chófer en una empresa de coches de alquiler, es famoso en la ciudad por ser un galán seductor e irresistible. Sus numerosas conquistas le hacen ver lo deliciosa que es la vida de soltero; además, todas las chicas desean que sus nombres figuren en esa lista de honor, de la que Alfie se siente tan orgulloso.
Postman
Jimpy leads a gang of kids as they attempt to beat another gang, no matter how underhanded their tactics are.
Fire Officer
When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up themselves. But when the cottage proves to be more ramshackle than they thought, and the scale of the repairs needed far out of their budget, the newlyweds are forced into calling on Juliet's father after all. Before long he's employed incompetent builder Josh Wicks, and the situation goes from bad to worse.
Police Driver
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
Tramp
Un error clerical conduce a que un sacedorte de izquierdas de un pequeño pueblo se encuentre en un pueblo de ricos, donde inmediatamente horroriza a sus snobs feligreses por designar a un basurero y a un hombre negro como guardianes de la vicaría y dejarla abierta a la familia Smith, quienes acaban de ser deshauciados de su caravana. Él convierte a la viuda aristócrata en trabajadora de la absurda caridad, pero pronto revolucionará al pueblo y muchos de sus habitantes... (FILMAFFINITY)
Wiseman - Helicopter Brother
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
Micki
A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
Compere
Lewis Gilbert's classic comedy drama portrays the antics of a British Army Searchlight Squad during World War II. Lieutenant Ogleby (Ian Carmichael) has his work cut out to keep his "legionnaires" at their post and not rampaging through the local countryside. The McGaffey brothers (Benny Hill and Tommy Steele) create havoc with their light-fingers and light-loving with the local girls, whilst Smithy (Johnny Briggs) pines for his sweetheart.
Lt. Binns
An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their circumstances. The men still wear uniforms and the proper reports are filed, although the reports of hundreds of mines are exaggerated. The captain spends his time fishing, the Number One is busy romancing the only Wren on the island and The Chief Boatswain runs a wine smuggling business. Unfortunately the Navy start to get suspicious.
Cardew the Cad
Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
Two friends on a motoring holiday pursue a pair girls.