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Ooh...You Are Awful (1972)

12/01/1972 Comedy 1h 37m
46%
User
Score
5.7/10

Ooh...you are awful...but I like you!

Overview

Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out, Charlie is arrested for scamming an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss bank and after Charlie is released, is about to tell him where...when he is suddenly killed by Sid Sabbath's gang, whose girlfriend was dating the (now) deceased! The only leads are four tattoos on the girls Reggie had affairs with while Charlie was in jail, but Sabbath is on Charlie's trail, and the tricked Italians have contracted the mob - to find the money, and then kill him...

Cliff Owen

Director

John Singer

Screenplay

John Warren

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Dick Emery

Dick Emery

Charlie Tully

Ronald Fraser

Ronald Fraser

Reggie Campbell Peek

Derren Nesbitt

Derren Nesbitt

Sid Sabbath

Cheryl Kennedy

Cheryl Kennedy

Jo Mason

Pat Coombs

Pat Coombs

Libby Niven

Liza Goddard

Liza Goddard

Liza Missenden Green

William Franklyn

William Franklyn

Arnold Van Cleef

Norman Bird

Norman Bird

Warder Burke

Roland Curram

Roland Curram

Vivian

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on October 3, 2015

The cheek of it!

Ooh... You Are Awful, but I like you! This was the catchphrase of the comedian Dick Emery. Emery became a household name in 1960s/70s British light entertainment. There was a time when the likes of Emery and Mike Yarwood seemed to constantly be on the radio or television, doing their thing. Chances are that if you were watching, listening and enjoying back then, then there's a good chance you will like this film outing for Emery.

Plot involves a con-man caper scenario where Emery plays Charlie Tully, who along with his side-kick Reggie Peek (Ronald Fraser), manages to con half a million pounds out of two Italians. But circumstances lead to Charlie doing a short stint in jail and after Reggie is killed, Charlie has to locate the bank account number where Reggie stashe...

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