Rattle Of A Simple Man [DVD]

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Stephen Tompkinson gives a wonderful performance as the gauche Percy, who expresses the mannerisms of a by-gone age, where a man never curses in front of a lady. He gives Percy an adolescent innocence, which only makes his admission of feeling inadequate all the more painful. The Boxes’ time had passed. They were middle-aged people at a moment when middle-aged people suddenly seemed very old indeed – a trend that the movies, as ever, ruthlessly exaggerated.’ The play concerns Percy, a 42-year-old Manchurian soccer fan who depicts these quaint sensibilities; not to be vulgar in front of a lady; respect one's elders, and always be loyal to the family. Run For Your Wife (1965) Typical of the wild, sexy comedy spoofs of the mid-60s, Run For Your Wife starred Juliet Prowse and Rhonda Fleming. Riccardo (Ugo…

Percy (Stephen Tompkinson) slowly admits to Cyrenne that he still lives with his mum; is a source of fun for his friends and that he feels very uneasy with anything to do with sex. "I'm everything the French laugh at about the English," he bemoans. He is more comfortable putting on Cyrenne's apron to wash the dishes then he is with the thought of climbing into her bed. Selected items are only available for delivery via the Royal Mail 48® service and other items are available for delivery using this service for a charge. She played Delia King, a staunchly feminist element of the Helping Hands agency, in place to do anything for anybody. This was followed by Carry on Cruising (1962), the first Carry On in colour, in which she was the fun-seeking holidaymaker Glad Trimble, and then the part of the more world-weary Sally in Carry on Cabby (1963).Liz went to St Saviour’s and St Olave’s grammar school for girls and later trained at the London School of Dramatic Art. She made her stage debut with the Red Rose Players repertory company at the New Hippodrome, Accrington, in Lancashire in 1953, before joining the chorus in Babes in the Wood at the Brighton Hippodrome. Soon afterwards she adopted her stage name from a brand of biscuit. Muriel Box and her sister Betty are among the subjects of Rebecca Cooke’s very interesting and enjoyable book Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties (2013). Cooke mentions Rattle of a Simple Man (‘a second-rate comedy’) only in passing but something else she writes about Muriel and her producer husband Sydney rings particularly true after you’ve watched this film: Ladies Who Do (1964) Charwoman Mrs Cragg (Peggy Mount) retrieves a discarded cigar from the wastepaper basket of city tycoon James Ryder (Harry H…

Manchester mill worker Percy is not new to London, visiting to see his beloved United play whenever they have a fixture in the capital. This cup final weekend, however, the 30-something virgin's eyes are opened to a whole new world and lifestyle, up close and personal. I was reminded of this film today in an article from the Guardian newspaper. I saw it at the age of 13 in the local fleapit, now a listed art deco building. I'm pretty sure it came with an X certificate, but I was big for my age and got in to many restricted shows - I'd got into The Birds a few months earlier. I also seem to recall that it was the "B" film and that I rated it far higher than the "A" film. I was blown away. I saw the "The Rattle of A Simple Man" probably in the North Atlantic in December of 1965 and still sit up when I hear or read the name of Diane Cilento. She and the movie made that big an impression on me! I've certainly been a fan of British film ever since.

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I haven't seen it since. Who knows if I'd rate it as highly the second time round? However, it's stayed in my memory all these years, especially the way Corbett transformed himself from his part in Steptoe and Son to this naïve put upon virgin.