Arthur Askey

Arthur Askey

Total Credits at Criticker: 10 (Actor), 1 (Writer)

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    The Ghost Train
    Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area. The travelers eventually get to the bottom of the things that go bump in the night. In between the scary bits, comedian Arthur Askey plays the gags with his Vaudeville style humor, to the constant irritation of his fellow passengers. (imdb)
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    Back-Room Boy
    The man who sends out the pips on the B.B.C. goes gay one night and syncopates the rhythm. Consequently he is sent to a lonely lighthouse with a bad local reputation for mysterious disappearances, to start a new meteorological station. (BFI)
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    Band Waggon
    A plot involving spies in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs. (imdb)
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    Bees in Paradise
    our pilots are forced to bail out, and they end up stuck upon a remote tropical island filled with beautiful women. This musical comedy chronicles their adventures. Things go well for the flying Sea Bees as the women fawn upon them and cater to their every whim. Soon they find themselves four wives, and it is not until it is nearly too late that they discover why there are no men on the island--- all husbands are expected to commit suicide following their honeymoons. (allmovie.com)
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    Charlie\
    Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college. (imdb)
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    I Thank You
    Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money. (imdb)
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    King Arthur Was a Gentleman
    Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasising about King Arthur and his knights. (imdb)
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    The Love Match
    Two soccer-loving railway workers get into trouble after racing their engine home to get to a match on time. (imdb)
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    Make Mine a Million
    Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his friend Arthur Ashton, who arranges to sneak a plug for Sid's suds into a live TV spectacular. The public goes bananas for the product but to maintain sales Sid and Arthur must arrange for ever more outrageous plugs on TV shows. The Ascots races, the Edinburgh Military Tattoo - no show is safe. (imdb)
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    Miss London Limited
    In this musical an American's daughter owns an escort agency. Even though WW II rages and men are hungry for females, the woman's business is flagging until she comes up with some enterprising schemes to turn things around. (allmovie.com)
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