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Odd Job (The)

Country: UK, Language: English, 87 mins

  • Director: Peter Medak
  • Writer: Graham Chapman; Bernard McKenna
  • Producer: Graham Chapman; Mark Forstater

CGiii Comment

Shockingly bad.

Do not be fooled...there is nothing Python-esque about this codswallop.

British comedy at its very worst.

Medak has made a range of films - from sublime to tripe. This being tripe.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...

Cast & Characters

Graham Chapman as Arthur Harris;
David Jason as The Odd Job Man;
Diana Quick as Fiona Harris;
Simon Williams as Tony Sloane;
Edward Hardwicke as Inspector Black;
Bill Paterson as Sergeant Mull;
Michael Elphick as Raymonde;
Stewart Harwood as Bernard;
Carolyn Seymour as Angie;
Joe Melia as Head Waiter;
George Innes as Caretaker;
James Bree as Mr. Kemp;
Zulema Dene as Mrs. Kemp;
Richard O'Brien as Batch;
Carl Andrews as Taxi Driver

Graham Chapman