Movie
The Bed Sitting Room
Overview
In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
Details
- Release date
- 1969-06-01
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Science Fiction
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Oscar Lewenstein Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Ralph Richardson as Lord Fortnum of Alamein
- Rita Tushingham as Penelope
- Michael Hordern as Bules Martin
- Arthur Lowe as Father
- Mona Washbourne as Mother
- Richard Warwick as Alan
- Peter Cook as Inspector
- Dudley Moore as Sergeant
- Frank Thornton as The BBC
- Marty Feldman as Nurse Arthur
- Harry Secombe as Shelter Man
- Roy Kinnear as Plastic Mac Man
Crew
- Richard Lester - Director
- John Antrobus - Screenplay
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