The great nuclear misunderstanding lasted 2 minutes and 28 seconds (including the peace treaty)
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.
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Comic, cool, ironic and plot-driven.
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
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Cast
- Ralph RichardsonLord Fortnum of Alamein
- Rita TushinghamPenelope
- Michael HordernBules Martin
- Arthur LoweFather
- Mona WashbourneMother
- Richard WarwickAlan
- Peter CookInspector
- Dudley MooreSergeant
- Frank ThorntonThe BBC
- Marty FeldmanNurse Arthur
Crew
- Richard LesterDirector
- John AntrobusScreenplay
- David WatkinDirector of Photography
- Ken ThorneOriginal Music Composer
- John Victor-SmithEditor
- Richard LesterProducer
- Oscar LewensteinProducer
- Roy StevensProducer
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