The Night We Got the Bird
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Genre Comedy Country United Kingdom | 6.8/10 Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date 1961 (1961) Film series The Night We Dropped a Clanger Film Series Cast (Bertie Skidmore), (Julie Skidmore), (Cecil Gibson), (Victor), (Ma), (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
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).
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References
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