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  • The Ghost Train
  • The Ghost Train review by from Newport South Wales
    Rated - 4.0 stars Missed Out On 5 Stars Because Of....... 10 March 2006
    ...d I Enjoyed The Choice Of Locations(My Favourite Part Of The Country}.However,Arthur Askey Really Wrecked The Chance Of 5 Stars With His Annoying Overacting.Other Than ...   Read customer review
  • I Thank You
  • I Thank You review by Munchkin061271 from Chadwell-St-Mary, Essex
    Rated - 3.0 stars Dated, but fun 8 March 2007
    ...I always wanted to see more Arthur Askey films for two reasons. One, my dear old Nan used to rave about Big-hearted Arthur and how funny he was. And two, the one and only ...   Read customer review
  • King Arthur Was A Gentleman
  • King Arthur Was A Gentleman review by JackG from Durham
    Rated - 0.0 stars King Arthur was a gentleman 16 June 2009
    ...With stars like Arthur Askey, Ronald Shiner, Jack Train and Anne Shelton, this film was a real trip down Memory Lane. It is World War 2, and Arthur King (Askey) believes ...   Read customer review

Arthur Askey - filmography


  • Make Mine a Million on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Sid James,  Arthur Askey,  Dermot Walsh
    Director: Lance Comfort
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Make Mine A Million stars Sid James as Sid Gibson, a washing detergent salesman, who decides to call on the help of his friend TV make-up artist Arthur (Arthur Askey) in order to obtain some much needed TV advertising time. Arthur slips a plug for Sid's suds into a primetime live TV extravaganza - ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 368 members
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  • Bees In Paradise on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Anne Shelton,  Arthur Askey,  Peter Graves
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. Askey plays a pilot who bales out over Paradise Island, not knowing that he is about to land in a bee-worshipping colony of women and that he is about to become a drone for the queen bee. When he finds out that, as custom demands, he is due to be sacrificed two ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 68 members
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  • Miss London Ltd on DVD (1943)
    Starring: Anne Shelton,  Arthur Askey,  Evelyn Dall
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers' leave. The film also features the English singing favourite of the 1940s, Anne Shelton.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 48 members
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  • Back Room Boy on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Arthur Askey,  Googie Withers
    Director: Herbert Mason
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    A classic Arthur Askey comedy. This great British farce follows the antics of Askey and a timid meterologist who are packed off to an Orkney Island lighthouse. After a bit of mucking about they go off hot on the trail of a band of Nazi spies... Released against the political back-drop of WW2 , '..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 139 members
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  • King Arthur Was A Gentleman on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Evelyne Dall,  Anne Shelton,  Peter Graves
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Arthur Askey is a newly recruited soldier who finds himself stationed in King Arthur County. Naturally when he unexpectedly chances upon a sword he is convinced it belonged to Arthur and that now he is indestructible.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 63 members
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  • Charley's Aunt (1941)
    Starring: Arthur Askey
    Director: Archie Mayo
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An entertaining vehicle for an array of British pre-war comedians, Askey stars as a gregarious undergraduate forced to don drag gear as the eponymous aunt to avoid expulsion for him and his friends. An interesting time capsule of contemporary British humour.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 10 members
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  • I Thank You on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Arthur Askey,  Moore Moffatt
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Classic comedy starring Arthur Askey. The perils, humiliations and humour of trying to run a second-rate theatrical company are further compounded when financial aid, given by the former famous music-hall star Lady Randall (Lily Morris), is withdrawn. Not to be defeated, the stars decide the show ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 86 members
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  • Charley's Big Hearted Aunt (1940)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch
    Director: Walter Forde
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Classic British comedy starring the inimitable Arthur Askey in an hilarious drag role. A group of Oxford students are on its final warning for a 'long list of delinquencies' including drunken behaviour and miscellaneous high jinks. While on probation, one of them slips into drag in order to play a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 35 members
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  • Band Waggon on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Spin-off movie from Arthur Askey's popular BBC radio programme of the same name. After being evicted from Broadcasting House, Arthur and Richard 'Stinker' Murdoch move to a castle where they stumble upon television equipment which they use to put on a show. The show is of course the ideal vehicle ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 90 members
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  • The Ghost Train (1931)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Peter Murray-Hill,  Richard Murdoch
    Director: Walter Forde
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Classic ghostly comedy, starring Arthur Askey and based on the play by 'Dad's Army' actor Arnold Ridley. When a group of mismatched train passengers are stranded at a rural station overnight, they soon hear of a sinister local legend telling of a ghostly train that passes through the area, ever ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 579 members
    Not available for rental

Arthur Askey facts

5 most recent films

To See Such Fun - 1.5 stars
Make Mine a Million - 3.0 stars
Love Match - 3.5 stars
Bees In Paradise - 3.0 stars
Miss London Ltd - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Ghost Train - 3.5 stars
Back Room Boy - 3.5 stars
I Thank You - 3.5 stars
Love Match - 3.5 stars
Make Mine a Million - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

To See Such Fun - 1.5 stars
Charley's Aunt - 2.5 stars
Miss London Ltd - 3.0 stars
Charley's Big Hearted Aunt - 3.5 stars
Bees In Paradise - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Richard Murdoch - 8 times - show films
Max Bacon - 6 times - show films
Moore Marriott - 6 times - show films
Graham Moffatt - 6 times - show films
Anne Shelton - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Marcel Varnel - 6 times - show films
Walter Forde - 4 times - show films
Val Guest - 4 times - show films
Herbert Mason - 2 times - show films
Archie Mayo - 1 times - show films