Main Cast: Eric Sykes, George Cole, Julia Foster, Jonathan Miller, Alison Leggatt, Peggy Mount
Release Year: 1965
Country: UK
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
This farcical British comedy follows the eccentric misadventures of a family who have their own rather unusual way of doing things. Mr. Groomkirby (Eric Sykes) is redecorating his living room to resemble the courtrooms at Old Bailey, with a mind toward staging mock trials for fun. His wife, Mrs. Groomkirby (Alison Leggatt) hates to see leftovers go to waste, so she hires a woman to eat them. Their daughter Sylvia (Julia Foster) is fascinated by primates and spends much of her time at the zoo, and son Kirby (Jonathan Miller) believes that scales can have other uses rather than just weighing things -- they can be used to make music, too! Based on a popular novel, One Way Pendulum was directed by Peter Yates, who would go on to make Bullitt and Breaking Away. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Mona Washbourne - Aunt Mildred; Douglas Wilmer - Maintenance Man; Glyn Houston - Detective Inspector Barnes; Graham Crowden - Prosecuting Counsel; Walter Horsbrugh - Clerk of the Court; Frederick Piper - Office Clerk; Vincent Harding - Bus Conductor; George Cole - Friend; Kenneth Farrington - Stan
Credit
Peter Yates - Director, Peter Taylor - Editor, Richard Rodney Bennett - Composer (Music Score), Marcus Dods - Musical Direction/Supervision, Tom Smith - Makeup, Reece Pemberton - Production Designer, Denys Coop - Cinematographer, Michael Deeley - Producer, N.F. Simpson - Screenwriter, N.F. Simpson - Play Author
