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Film Matinee: The Night We Got the Bird

on BBC One London

starring Brian Rix
and Dora Bryan, Leo Franklyn, Irene Handl, Ronald Shiner
with Liz Fraser, John Slater, Reginald Beckwith, Robertson Hare

When gormless Bertie Skidmore gets married it comes as something of a shock to find the parrot he gets as a wedding present is a reincarnation of his wife's first husband.
As well as Brian Rix, a positive galaxy of British comic talent appears in this film, Kynaston Reeves and John Le Mesurier are featured in a riotously illogical courtroom scene with Reeves as a deaf J.P. who confuses the witnesses and testimony of two cases in a manner almost worthy of N F. Simpson. Ronald Shiner makes a 'guest disappearance' as Dora Bryan's first husband who meets a sticky end early on in the plot, but turns up later in the guise of a parrot.

Contributors

Screenplay:
Ray Cooney
Screenplay:
Tony Hilton
Screenplay/producer/director:
Darcy Conyers
Producer:
Brian Rix
Bertie Skidmore:
Brian Rix
Julie:
Dora Bryan
Victor:
Leo Franklyn
Ma:
Irene Handl
Fay:
Liz Fraser
Wolfie Green:
John Slater
Chippendale Charlie:
Reginald Beckwith
Dr. Vincent:
Robertson Hare
Cecil Gibson:
Ronald Shiner

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