The Bed Sitting Room (1969)
Release Date: Jun 1, 1969 Wide
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The specter of atomic warfare raises its head once again in this bizarre 1969 black comedy, directed by Richard Lester and hatched from the mind of twisted British comic Spike Milligan. England lays in ruins after World War III, and a number of dazed survivors try to carry on as if nothing is wrong, even when one woman (Rita Tushingham) announces that she is seventeen months pregnant, and others begin to mutate into parrots, wardrobes, and bed-sitting rooms. The often slapstick comedy provides a
Jun 1, 1969 Wide
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Rita Tushingham
Penelope -
Ralph Richardson
Lord Fortnum -
Peter Cook
Inspector -
Dudley Moore
Sergeant -
Spike Milligan
Mate -
Michael Hordern
Blues Martin -
Roy Kinnear
Plastic Mac Man -
Richard Warwick
Allan -
Arthur Lowe
Father -
Mona Washbourne
Mother -
Dandy Nichols
Ethyl Shroake -
Henry Woolf
Electricity Man -
Gordon Rollings
Patient -
Ronald Fraser
Field Marshall Sergeant -
Ron Moody
Dwarf -
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Frank Thornton
BBC Man -
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With over a thousand gags that had only a handful work.
This example of post-apocalyptic absurdism sits midway between The Goons and Threads.
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Foreign Titles
- The Bed Sitting Room (1969) (DE)
- The Bed Sitting Room (1969) (UK)
