London Conspiracy (1980)

Actors: George Woodbridge (actor), Robert S. Baker (producer), Laurence Naismith (actor), Ken Thorne (composer), Michael Sheard (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), James Hill (director), John Glen (editor), David Greene (director), Andrew Keir (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Robert Cawdron (actor), Terry Nation (writer), Tommy Godfrey (actor), Tom Adams (actor),

Plot: Life is never dull where Lord Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde are concerned. But who would expect dire danger, hilarious though it may be, to face them in one of Brett's baronial homes? Even more unexpectedly, murder and black magic take place when Danny decides to own his own little piece of England and buys a tumble down old cottage. The old mansion, Greensleeves, has been in the Sinclair family for generations, but has been unoccupied for a long time except for an aged butler named Moorehead. It is only by chance that Brett discovers that it has been restored without his permission. He and Danny decide to investigate and, entering through a secret tunnel, find a letter addressed to a theatrical agent asking him to an actor who resembles Brett. Brett promptly poses as the actor and gets the job of impersonating himself. Danny and Brett have a lot to overcome before Danny can enjoy his little piece of England!

Keywords: 35-mm-camera, candle, climbing-a-wall, dry-martini, fake-moustache, galloping, hard-cider, iron-gate, playboy, secret-handshake
Genres: Action, Mystery,

Quotes:

Gregory Ward: ...drank 12 pints of cider to celebrate.::Lord Brett Sinclair: 12 pints. Couls he walk.::Gregory Ward: Hard to tell. He was uncincious at the time.

Les soeurs Brontë (1979)

Actors: Alain Sarde (producer), Pascal Bonitzer (writer), Patrick Magee (actor), Alice Sapritch (actress), Marie-France Pisier (actress), Jean Sorel (actor), Isabelle Huppert (actress), John Welsh (actor), Pascal Bonitzer (actor), Pascal Greggory (actor), Roland Bertin (actor), Isabelle Adjani (actress), Adrian Brine (actor), André Téchiné (writer), Hélène Surgère (actress),

Genres: Biography, Drama,

Quotes:

Emily Brontë: I spit on love and all its vanity.

Carry on Emmannuelle (1978)

Actors: Peter Rogers (producer), William Rushton (writer), Kenneth Williams (actor), Joan Sims (actress), Victor Maddern (actor), Peter Rogers (writer), Kenneth Connor (actor), Kenneth Connor (actor), Bruce Boa (actor), Norman Mitchell (actor), Eric Barker (actor), Peter Butterworth (actor), Gertan Klauber (actor), Gerald Thomas (director), Eric Rogers (composer),

Plot: The beautiful and sex-starved Emmannuelle Prevert just cannot inflame her husband's ardour. In frustration she seduces a string of VIPs, including the Prime Minister and the American Ambassador. A jealous lover gives a list of all her conquests to the national press and a scandal ensues. But will she ever manage to get her own husband into bed?

Keywords: airport, ambassador, bare-chested-male, bleeped-dialogue, bodybuilder, british, butler, butt-slap, canon, character-name-in-title
Genres: Comedy, Romance,
Taglines: When it comes to foreign affairs .... it's Carry On Emmannuelle

Quotes:

Emile Prevert: I can't straighten anything. I'm completely bent.

Emile Prevert: Why me? You could have Tom, Dick or Harry.::Emmannuelle Prevert: I don't want Tom or Harry!

Mrs. Dangle: Gordon Bennett, they're having a phonographic orgy.

Immigration Officer: What is your purpose of your visit to the United Kingdom?::Emmannuelle Prevert: To make some friends with ze British.::Immigration Officer: Is the purpose of your visit business or pleasure?::Emmannuelle Prevert: Pleasure... definitely.

[Lyons, the butler, meets the Emmannuelle for the first time. She turns up to surprise her husband at the French Ambassador's Residence in Central London]::Lyons: Can I help you?::Emmannuelle Prevert: I am your mistress.::Lyons: Oh my gawd! [Panicked, he slams the door. Pause, to himself:] I don't have a mistress! [Opening the door again:] I don't have a mistress.::Emmannuelle Prevert: You have now! To begin with you can tell the Ambassador that his wife is here!

Emile Prevert: Cheri, Loins...::Lyons: His excellency meant Lyons, madam. My name is Lyons.::Emmannuelle Prevert: I prefer Loins.::Lyons: Likewise, madam.

Emmannuelle Prevert: Turn over!::Emile Prevert: No, no! I don't like.::Emmannuelle Prevert: Emile, I am a woman. I am your wife; you should not have to hide anyway from me.::Emile Prevert: There's not much to hide!

Theodore Valentine: Mother, I've met someone who is very dear to me.::Mrs. Valentine: Was it your Auntie Hilda, dear?::Theodore Valentine: No, mother, I met this girl, this wonderful girl.::Mrs. Valentine: Don't be silly, dear, there's no such thing.::Theodore Valentine: I think I'm in love.::Mrs. Valentine: Nonsense, you're far too young.::Theodore Valentine: I'm thirty-four. And a half.::Mrs. Valentine: You've got your whole life in front of you, you don't want to fritter it away on some slip of a girl!::Theodore Valentine: She's exquisite, I know you'd like her.::Mrs. Valentine: I wouldn't count on it, dear.::Theodore Valentine: I want to marry her.::Mrs. Valentine: Nonsense, I'd never give you my permission.::Theodore Valentine: I don't need your permission, mother.::Mrs. Valentine: You're just like your father! He went off with some slip of a girl and he didn't ask my permission either!

Emmannuelle Prevert: They are very sexy, these guards.::Leyland: When they get a butcher's at you, dear, you'll need to be on guard.::Emmannuelle Prevert: What is the matter with them? They never even looked at me!::Leyland: Well, they're not allowed to, not on duty. Do you know, you could strip in front of one of them and they wouldn't bat an eyelid.::Emmannuelle Prevert: We will see about that. Take me to St. James' palace, Leyland.

Emmannuelle Prevert: Nudity is perfectly natural.::Emile Prevert: No, no! Even Adam and Eve had a fig leaf.

The National Health (1973)

Actors: Jack Gold (director), Eleanor Bron (actress), Colin Blakely (actor), Eleanor Bron (actress), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Ned Sherrin (producer), Lynn Redgrave (actress), Donald Sinden (actor), Jim Dale (actor), Donald Sinden (actor), Bob Hoskins (actor), Jim Dale (actor), Mervyn Johns (actor), Renée Glynne (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Sheldon (editor),

Plot: The British National Health System is skewered in this comedy set in a rundown London hospital. The hospital is filled with wacky staff members and patients, and the film strives to get all it can from their humorous escapades. The movie also includes a satire-within-a-satire, with "Nurse Norton's Affair" providing a send-up of TV hospital soap operas.

Keywords: based-on-play
Genres: Comedy,