Man About the House
The hilarious adventures of two girls with a... Man About the House!
1974 | 90m | English
Popularity: 0.7 (history)
| Director: | John Robins |
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| Writer: | Brian Cooke, Johnnie Mortimer |
| Staring: |
| An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 22, 1974 |
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| Director: | John Robins |
| Writer: | Brian Cooke, Johnnie Mortimer |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | restaurant, landlord, property development, laxative, based on tv series |
| Production Companies | Hammer Film Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 30, 2026 Entered: Apr 26, 2024 |
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| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Richard O'Sullivan | Robin Tripp |
| Paula Wilcox | Chrissy Plummer |
| Sally Thomsett | Jo |
| Brian Murphy | George Roper |
| Yootha Joyce | Mildred Roper |
| Peter Cellier | Morris Pluthero |
| Doug Fisher | Larry Simmons |
| Jack Smethurst | Himself |
| Rudolph Walker | Himself |
| Arthur Lowe | Spiros |
| Bill Maynard | Chef |
| Spike Milligan | Himself |
| Aimi MacDonald | Hazel Lovett |
| Patrick Newell | Sir Edmund Weir |
| Bill Grundy | Himself |
| Michael Robbins | Doorman |
| Norman Mitchell | Arthur Mulgrove |
| Michael Ward | Mr. Gideon |
| Andria Lawrence | Miss Amelia Bird |
| Julian Orchard | Producer |
| Aubrey Morris | Lecturer |
| Bill Pertwee | Postman |
| Johnny Briggs | Milkman |
| Melvyn Hayes | Nigel |
| Berry Cornish | P.A. |
| Bill Sawyer | Jenkins |
| Mark Rogers | Boy Scout |
| Pauline Peart | Secretary |
| Arthur Hewlett | Elderly Man |
| Annie Leake | Tweedy Lady |
| Corinne Skinner-Carter | Housewife |
| Robert Dorning | Colonel Manners (uncredited) |
| Alan Gibbs | Pub Patron (uncredited) |
| Alan Harris | Man in Studio Bar (uncredited) |
| Damaris Hayman | Old Lady (uncredited) |
| Terry Sartain | Man in Studio Bar (uncredited) |
| June West | Lady at Meeting (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Robins | Director |
| Brian Cooke | Writer |
| James Allen | Director of Photography |
| Archie Ludski | Editor |
| Don Picton | Art Direction |
| Eddie Knight | Makeup Supervisor |
| Betty Sherriff | Hair Supervisor |
| Johnnie Mortimer | Writer |
| Christopher Gunning | Original Music Composer |
| Dennis Hall | Production Manager |
| Derek Whitehurst | Assistant Director |
| Claude Hitchcock | Sound Recordist |
| Roy Hyde | Sound Editor |
| Chic Anstiss | Camera Operator |
| Renée Glynne | Continuity |
| Laura Nightingale | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Jock Lyall | Construction Manager |
| A.W. Lumkin | Sound Director |
| Dennis Whitlock | Sound Mixer |
| Ted Hallows | Gaffer |
| Philip Martell | Music Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Roy Skeggs | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Trending Position
Round the houses the writers go. A film spin off from the hugely popular British situation comedy of the same name, it stars Richard O’Sullivan, Paula Wilcox, Sally Thomsett, Yootha Joyce and Brian Murphy. When a development company tries to buy all the houses in their street, flatmates Robin, Ch ... rissy and Jo decide to help their landlords in staving off the buy out. The material here is sadly too thin that it wastes what was always a damn fine cast. The sexy spark between Robin and the two girls is still there, and Mildred’s (Joyce) sexual frustration with hubby George (Murphy) continues; with an interesting twist added a film’s culmination, yet it’s all very tired and short on laughs. You know you are trouble when you have to resort to a gastric stomach problem to hang your big laugh sequence on. Still, the cast are always watchable (I have been in love and lust with Wilcox since forever), while small appearances by Arthur Lowe and Spike Milligan are most welcome diversions from the poor screenplay. 5/10