The Night We Got the Bird
Genres
Overview
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
78 min
Release Date
1960-11-03
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
2
Vote Average
4.5
Brian Rix
Bertie Skidmore
Dora Bryan
Julie Skidmore
Ronald Shiner
Cecil Gibson
Leo Franklyn
Victor
Irene Handl
Ma
Liz Fraser
Fay Sellars
Terry Scott
P.C Lovejoy
John Le Mesurier
Clerk of the Court
John Slater
Wolf Mannheim (Manny)
Reginald Beckwith
Chippendale Charlie
Terry Scott
PC Lovejoy
Vincent Harding
Ben Green
Denis Shaw
Manny's Stooge
Gerald Cross
Uncle Arthur
Vera Pearce
Aunt
Grace Denbeigh-Russell
Aunt
Jennifer Phipps
Mrs. Jackson
Kynaston Reeves
Mr. Warre-Monger
Basil Lord
Bus Conductor
Penelope Honor
Girl in Aviary
Thomas Muschamp
RSPCA Official
Henry B. Longhurst
Vicar
Geoffrey Colville
Curate
Wynne Clark
Miss Hawkesworth
Sheila Mercier
School Mistress
Elspet Gray
Woman with Dog
4.5
Sisterhood
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6.8
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2003-09-17 | en
7.5
My Family
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1995-05-03 | en
4.6
The Dukes
The Dukes,a Doo Wop group, were on top of the world at 17, now are struggling for survival in 2008. Their manager is desperately trying to get them work but is met with failure at every turn. Finally pushed to the extreme , they pull a heist only a fool would attempt, which leaves them even more desperate. When all seems lost, they find themselves.
2007-04-23 | en
5.8
America 101
Two brothers leave their home in Mexico in search of the 'American Dream', only to realize it was in front of them all the time. Angel is tired of living in his small Mexican town and has no interest in following in his father's footsteps. Instead he resolves to run away, across to cross the border and find his American dream. His older brother, Carlos, has plans of his own and they don't involve leaving home. When Angel tells his older brother of his grand scheme Carlos knows he won't be able to stop him, so he decides to tag along in order to watch over his headstrong little brother. Double-crossed by a smuggler, they find themselves alone in the desert. What follows is a strange and hilarious adventure filled with crazy characters and eye-opening truths until they finally realize the dream they were chasing was back home where they started.
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5.0
What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon
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5.3
Choking Man
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3.0
Stanley Cuba
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4.2
Mr. Accident
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5.9
Accidents Happen
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5.8
Palookaville
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3.3
Window Theory
An aimless playboy returns to his hometown for his best friend's wedding, only to find that the bride is his high school sweetheart.
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3.9
One Way Ticket
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5.6
Ira & Abby
A neurotic, young psychology student, with low self-esteem, has a chance encounter with a free-spirited, extremely gregarious woman who works at the Paris Health Club in New York City, and who suggests that they immediately get married to see how it will work out. Both of the student's parents are analysts, and they provide the happy couple with a gift certificate for a year of marriage counseling as a wedding present.
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6.8
Trust
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5.9
Escanaba in da Moonlight
A macho man in a family on the eve of deer-hunting season must deal with the eldest son's curse of never having bagged a buck.
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5.0
To Be Fat Like Me
Pretty, popular, and slim high-schooler Aly Schimdt had plans of earning a sports scholarship to college but a knee injury ruins her chances. She decides to enter a documentary contest in the hopes of winning money for college. She believes that overweight people, like her mom and brother, seem to make excuses about how the world perceives them. So Aly decides to attend a rival high school as a heavily overweight person for the documentary, but not change her personality. Aly intends and hopes to prove that personality will outshine physical appearance. But when she's met with ridicule, harassment, and name-calling she begins to see things differently.
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5.9
The Monster Club
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4.9
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7.3
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