Following the resounding success of Up Pompeii!, Frankie Howerd delved into the pages of history once more to play the hapless valet of Venice's most infamous son. Double entendres and wicked punning run riot in this 1970s comedy gem, co-written by noted screenwriter Sid Colin, whose credits include Up Pompeii! and The Army Game.A coach lumbers along the road from Venice to Padua. Inside is Giacomo Casanova, on the run from the Doge of Venice and intent on carrying out his latest female conquest. Up on the box is Fransisco, his body servant (No, no, wait a minute!... It doesn't mean what you think it does!); he's merely intent on staying out of the clutches of the Doge's guardsmen. When Casanova proposes that they swap identities, Fransisco finds that life isn't all roses for the legendary lover... [show more]
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TV comedy starring Frankie Howerd as a valet to the legendary lover, Giacomo Casanova. Casanova (Stuart Damon)'s exploits have landed him in trouble with one of the most powerful men in Italy, the ruler of Venice, and he is on the run. Aware that his life is potentially in peril, Casanova proposes to his valet, Francisco (Howerd), that they switch identities. Francisco suddenly finds himself elevated to a status in life he could never have anticipated. But will he discover that life as Italy's most famed lover has its pitfalls as well?
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