Father Came Too!
1964 | 91m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Peter Graham Scott |
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| Writer: | Henry Blyth, Jack Davies |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 11, 1964 |
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| Director: | Peter Graham Scott |
| Writer: | Henry Blyth, Jack Davies |
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| Production Companies | Independent Artists |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: Apr 30, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| James Robertson Justice | Sir Beverley Grant |
| Leslie Phillips | Mr. Roddy Chipfield |
| Stanley Baxter | Dexter Munro |
| Sally Smith | Juliet Munro |
| Eric Barker | Mr. Gallagher |
| Kenneth Cope | Ron |
| Terry Scott | Actor Playing Executioner |
| Hugh Lloyd | Actor Playing Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Fred Emney | Actor Playing Sir Francis Drake |
| Peter Jones | Actor Playing Charles II |
| Ronnie Barker | Josh Wicks |
| Philip Locke | Stan |
| Timothy Bateson | Old Wol |
| Cardew Robinson | Fire Officer |
| Peter Woodthorpe | Farmer |
| James Villiers | Benzil Bulstrode |
| Harry Fowler | |
| John Bluthal | Actor Playing Robert the Bruce |
| Joseph Brady | Actor Playing Guy Fawkes |
| Raymond Huntley | Mr. Wedgewood |
| Vanda Hudson | Actress Playing Nell Gwyn |
| Patrick Newell | Actor Playing King Harold |
| Geoffrey Dunn | Mr. Cecil Trumper |
| Sydney Bromley | Lang |
| Julian Orchard | Bath Salesman |
| Clifford Earl | Motorcycle Policeman |
| Nicky Henson | Motorcyclist |
| Barbara Roscoe | Lana |
| Anita Sharp-Bolster | Mrs. Muriel Trumper |
| Madge Brindley | |
| Mitzi Rogers | |
| Arthur Mullard | Traffic Warden |
| Heller Toren | |
| Michael Ward | Man at Auction |
| Jack Armstrong | Onlooker (uncredited) |
| Richard Neller | Man at Auction (uncredited) |
| Oliver Tomlin | Actor in Pageant (uncredited) |
| Fred Wood | Man at Auction (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Henry Blyth | Screenplay |
| Jack Davies | Screenplay |
| Peter Graham Scott | Director |
| Norrie Paramor | Music |
| Reginald H. Wyer | Cinematography |
| Tom Priestley | Editor |
| Harry Pottle | Art Direction |
| Julie Harris | Costume Design |
| Trevor Crole-Rees | Makeup Artist |
| Maude Onslow | Hairstylist |
| Frank Hollands | Assistant Director |
| Ray Sturgess | Camera Operator |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Leslie Parkyn | Producer |
| Julian Wintle | Producer |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
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I think this might be described as a film that didn't quite realise the sum of it's parts. A strong British comedy line up, but a rather thin plot and comedy that bordered just a bit too much on slapstick for my liking. "Sally" (Julie Munro) and "Dexter" (Stanley Baxter) are newlyweds trying to - th ... riftily - do up their rather ramshackle cottage that they bought from "Chipfield" (Leslie Philips). Enter her father, the wealthy and somewhat domineering "Sir Beverley" who imposes himself on the young couple - and on their wily builders - with predictably disastrous results. It is probably half an hour too long this, the jokes are there but you can see the punchlines from the top of the Eiffel Tower. Characterful, though - there is some chemistry on screen and a host of well-known faces (many from history!) keep the film moving along OK from one set-piece to the next. You might not recall watching it shortly afterwards, but it's an amusing enough 90 minutes that reminds you of the old adage - "nobody over 50 ought ever to go up a ladder!"