Screenplay: Alan Simpson

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Alan Simpson. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


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

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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

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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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