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Director
  
Darcy Conyers

Genre
  
Comedy

Country
  
United Kingdom

6.8/10
IMDb

Music by
  
Tommy Watt

Duration
  

Language
  
English

The Night We Got the Bird movie poster
Release date
  
1961 (1961)

Writer
  
Darcy Conyers, Ray Cooney, Tony Hilton

Film series
  
The Night We Dropped a Clanger Film Series

Cast
  
Brian Rix
(Bertie Skidmore),
Dora Bryan
(Julie Skidmore),
Ronald Shiner
(Cecil Gibson),
Leo Franklyn
(Victor),
Irene Handl
(Ma),
Liz Fraser
(Fay)

Similar movies
  
The Night We Got the Bird and The Night We Dropped a Clanger are part of the same movie series

A dead man comes back to life as a talking parrot, causing chaos for his widow (Dora Bryan) and her new husband (Brian Rix).

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The Night We Got the Bird is a 1961 British comedy film and a follow up to the 1959 film The Night We Dropped a Clanger, it was directed by Darcy Conyers and starring Brian Rix, Dora Bryan, Ronald Shiner and Irene Handl. It is based on Basil Thomas play The Love Birds, and was the last film Ronald Shiner made.

Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

Plot

When unscrupulous Brighton antiques dealer Cecil Gibson (Ronald Shiner) dies, his widow Julie (Dora Bryan) remarries, and she and new husband Bertie (Brian Rix) go off on honeymoon. But they are chased by a gangster because of a fake antique bed that the late Cecil pawned off for quick cash. In addition, it appears Cecil the dealer has reincarnated as a mouthy South American parrot, whose aim is to make married life difficult for his wife and Bertie.

Cast

  • Brian Rix - Bertie Skidmore
  • Dora Bryan - Julie Skidmore
  • Ronald Shiner - Cecil Gibson
  • Leo Franklyn - Victor
  • Liz Fraser - Fay
  • Irene Handl - Ma
  • Terry Scott - P. C. Lovejoy
  • Reginald Beckwith - Chippendale Charlie
  • John Le Mesurier - Court Clerk

    • Similar Movies

    The Night We Got the Bird and The Night We Dropped a Clanger are part of the same movie series. Brian Rix - Baron Rix and Ronald Shiner appear in The Night We Got the Bird and Dry Rot. Nearly a Nasty Accident (1961). Liz Fraser and Irene Handl appear in The Night We Got the Bird and Double Bunk. Never Put It in Writing (1964).

    Critical reception

  • TV Guide wrote, "sophomoric British comedy...The script finds lots of excuses for people to lose their pants and make vulgar, inane sexual jokes that wouldnt amuse a 10-year-old."
  • Allmovie wrote, "several hilarious slapstick scenes involving chases or sexual encounters, as well as the more reserved wit found in caricatures like an inept magistrate, are all hallmarks of a typically British sense of humor here (shared by many non-Brits)."
  • Sky movies wrote, "a fast and furious farce...With humour thats a notch below the contemporary Carry On films. Never mind, there are some priceless cameo performances from the supporting cast, including Robertson Hare as a dithering doctor, John le Mesurier as a long-suffering court clerk, Kynaston Reeves, hilarious as a deaf magistrate, and Terry Scott as a constable."

    • References

    The Night We Got the Bird Wikipedia
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