On the death of their father, sparring siblings Nellie and Eli Pledge inherit the family pickling factory. Then, their life is complicated by the arrival on the scene of one Vernon Smallpiece, a con-man who pretends to want to marry Nellie, but is really only interested in her inheritance. Comic (?) mayhem ensues.
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Production Details
A Hammer / Granada Special Comedy Presentation
Copyright MCMLXXII Hammer Film Productions Limited – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate
The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional
Based on the television series by Harry Driver and Vince Powell
Westrex Recording System
Processed at Rank Film Laboratories Limited 86 mins
Filming dates: 10th July – 4th August 1972
UK Release: 1st June 1973
Studio:
Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire
Location:
The Kursaal, Southend-on-Sea, Essex – Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Thorpe Bay, Southend-on-Sea, Essex – Blackpool Beach
St. Mary The Virgin, Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire – Venue for Nellie and Vernons wedding/Joshuas funeral
Uxbridge, Middlesex – Dolphin Fish Bar
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Cast & Crew
Original Poster
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Footnotes
There really is not much to say about this film, except that, like On the Buses, it is a television spin-off, this time from a Granada TV sitcom. This – unlike On the Buses – was not however a box-office success.