Tom Green, who also wrote and directed this outrageous movie, plays a sad young man from Portland, Oregon, who dreams of becoming an animator. His parents (Rip Torn and Julie Hagerty) send him off to Los Angeles, but he comes back!
Top comedy writers Ray Galton (Hancock, Steptoe & Son) and John Antrobus (Spike Milligan) prescribe a healthy dose of fresh air and farce in this comedy set in a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1947. And such is their reputation, they have attracted some of Britain’s most popular actors to star in it: Anita Dobson (EastEnders), Samantha Beckinsale (London’s Burning), Matthew Cottle (Game On, A Perfect State) and Eddie Marsan (Game On) . At Edgehill Sanatorium, TB cuts across social barriers and brings together men and women from all walks of life. Friendships develop, visitors come and go, romance blossoms and animosities spring up overnight. The War may have ended, but Roy Osbourne’s troubles have only just begun. With no cure on the horizon, he’s is in for a long stay. His roommate Brian, an Edgehill veteran, is a cynical cockney whose illness has not affected his appetite for women or food. Other patients include the eccentric Squadron Leader Fielding; know-it-all Norman Tucker and the pious Reverend Padre – no wonder Roy is so gloomy. The arrival of a glamorous widow is just what the doctor ordered! With her exclusive Fortnum and Mason food packages and promise of romance, life is looking up – until Roy’s mother Ivy starts interfering. Sharp scripts, unforgettable characters and black humour make the medicine go down very well indeed!
In classic mystery style Broadway playwright Alex Dennison invites actors and others to a 'cold reading' of his new play. But it is really his scheme to catch the killer of his actress fiancee Monica Welles who died a year previously?
In a theatre on Broadway a group of friends remember the opening night from one year ago. On this night the leading lady was apparently murdered. On this day these people all involved in the production are brought back by the fiancee of this murder victim a distinguished playwright to read for parts in his new play. However he believes she was murdered and now wants to catch the killer.
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