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Genre
  
Comedy, Crime, Adventure

Cinematography
  
Anthony B. Richmond

Country
  
United Kingdom

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IMDb

Director
  
Basil Dearden

Music director
  
Ron Grainer

Duration
  

Language
  
English

Only When I Larf (film) movie poster

Release date
  
1968

Based on
  
Only When I Larf by Len Deighton

Writer
  
John Salmon (script), Patrick Tilley (additional material), Len Deighton (book)

Cast
  
Richard Attenborough
(Silas),
David Hemmings
(Bob),
Alexandra Stewart
(Liz),
Nicholas Pennell
(Spencer)

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,
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Tagline
  
These Three Do Everything Together

Only When I Larf is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings and Alexandra Stewart. It is adapted from the novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises.

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Plot summary

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A trio of confidence tricksters (Attenborough, Hemmings and Stewart), attempt to swindle an African state into buying crates full of scrap metal instead of anti-tank guns.

Cast

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  • Richard Attenborough as Silas Lowther
  • David Hemmings as Bob
  • Alexandra Stewart as Liz Mason
  • Nicholas Pennell as Spencer
  • Melissa Stribling as Diana
  • Terence Alexander as Gee Gee Gray
  • Edric Connor as Awana
  • Clifton Jones as General Sakut
  • Calvin Lockhart as Ali Lin
  • Brian Grellis as Spider
  • David Healy as Jones
  • Alan Gifford as Poster

    • Reviews

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    Only When I Larf received mixed reviews, including "a plodding adaptation"; and praise for its "sound, unfussy direction and witty, observed thesping."


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