Screenplay: Alan Simpson
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Alan Simpson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
Titles found: 13
The Wrong Arm of the Law
1963 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cliff Owen
Cast Peter Sellers · Lionel Jeffries · Bernard Cribbins · Davy Kaye
Plot The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as...
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Steptoe and Son (TV Series)
1962 · Series · 29 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ray Galton · Alan Simpson · Duncan Wood · Douglas Argent
Cast Wilfrid Brambell · Harry H. Corbett · Frank Thornton · Tim Buckland
Plot TV series (1962-1974). 8 seasons. Classic 1960s British comedy series about a middle aged man and his elderly father who run an unsuccessful 'rag and bone' business (collecting and selling...
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Comedy Playhouse (TV Series)
1961 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Neil Munro · A.J. Bacon · Jilly Cooper · Michael Mills
Cast Frank Thornton · Robert Dorning · Ronald Fraser · Warren Mitchell
Plot TV Series (1961-1975; 2015-2016). 17 seasons. 133 episodes.
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Loot
1970 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Silvio Narizzano
Cast Richard Attenborough · Lee Remick · Hywel Bennett · Milo O'Shea
Plot Based on the play by 'Joe Orton' this film follows the adventures of two pals who have pulled off a bank robbery and have to hide the loot. Fortunately one...
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Hancock's Half Hour (TV Series)
1956 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Alan Tarrant · Duncan Wood
Cast Tony Hancock · Sid James · Johnny Vyvyan · Alec Bregonzi
Plot TV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there...
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Steptoe and Son
1973 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cliff Owen
Cast Wilfrid Brambell · Harry H. Corbett · Carolyn Seymour · Arthur Howard
Plot Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. But Harold, who...
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Fleksnes Fataliteter (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 30 min. · Norway
Direction Bo Hermansson
Cast Rolv Wesenlund · Aud Schønemann · Henki Kolstad · Randi Nordby
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Sanford and Son (TV Series)
1972 · Series · 22 min. · United States
Direction Norman Lear · Bud Yorkin · Peter Baldwin · Alan Rafkin
Cast Redd Foxx · Demond Wilson · LaWanda Page · Don Bexley
Plot TV Series (1972-1977). 6 Seasons. 136 Episodes. American sitcom based on the BBC's 'Steptoe and Son' about the misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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Steptoe and Son Ride Again
1973 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Peter Sykes
Cast Wilfrid Brambell · Harry H. Corbett · Diana Dors · Milo O'Shea
Plot Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the...
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The Rebel
1961 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Day
Cast Tony Hancock · George Sanders · Paul Massie · Margit Saad
Plot Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an...
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Daniel Petrie
Cast Laurence Harvey · Daliah Lavi · Lionel Jeffries · Eric Sykes
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Guess with Jess (TV Series)
2009 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Donnie Anderson · Mike Shiell · Alan Simpson
Plot Guess with Jess is a British and Canadian television series featuring Jess the Cat. It follows Jess's adventures with his friends on Greendale Farm, and how they always try to...
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The Bargee
1964 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Duncan Wood
Cast Harry H. Corbett · Hugh Griffith · Eric Sykes · Ronnie Parker
Plot Hemel Pike is a canal barge casanova, aided and abetted by his illiterate cousin, Ronnie. Hemel has a girl in every town along his route, and each one is intent...
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