A bawdy spoof on the Age of Empire and on the TV series Upstairs Downstairs. An ageing general and his grown son who is evading being shipped out to fight in the Boer War in Africa. Joan Sims as the cook is especially wonderfully apt.
Directed Alan Tarrant
Writing Credits Lew Schwarz...(writer)
Cast
Kenneth Connor...Sir Harry
Barbara Windsor...Lottie
Joan Sims...Mrs. Breeches
Jack Douglas...Clodson
Bernard Bresslaw...Klanger
Andrew Ray...Willie
Sherrie Hewson...Virginia
Carol Hawkins...Lilly
Vivienne Johnson...Teeny
Brian Osborne...Newsboy
Produced
Peter Rogers...executive producer
Gerald Thomas...producer
Music
John Marshall
Richard Tattersall...(as Richie Tattersall)
Production Design Anthony Waller
Makeup Department Sheila Mann...makeup artist
Sound Department Len Penfold...sound
Visual Effects George Wallder...graphics
Camera and Electrical Department
Pete Dyson...lighting
Jim Reeves...vision control
Mike Whitcutt...cameras
Costume and Wardrobe Department James Dark...wardrobe
Editorial Department
Peter Charles...vtr editor
Mary Forrest...vision mixer