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The Ghost Train review by from Newport South Wales

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 review by Munchkin061271 from Chadwell-St-Mary, Essex

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 review by JackG from Durham

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

To See Such Fun (1977)
Starring: Chesney Allen, Arthur Askey
Director: Jon Scoffield
Certificate:
Excerpts from 80 years of the greatest British comedies.

24% from 5 members
Currently unavailable

Make Mine a Million on DVD (1959)
Starring: Sid James, Arthur Askey, Dermot Walsh
Director: Lance Comfort
Certificate:
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 »

64% from 368 members

Love Match on DVD (1955)
Starring: Patricia Hayes, Arthur Askey, William Franklyn
Director: David Paltenghi
Certificate:

65% from 156 members

Bees In Paradise on DVD (1944)
Starring: Anne Shelton, Arthur Askey, Peter Graves
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
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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 »

57% from 68 members

Miss London Ltd on DVD (1943)
Starring: Anne Shelton, Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall
Director: Val Guest
Certificate:
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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.

61% from 48 members

Back Room Boy on DVD (1942)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Googie Withers
Director: Herbert Mason
Certificate:
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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 »

69% from 139 members

King Arthur Was A Gentleman on DVD (1942)
Starring: Evelyne Dall, Anne Shelton, Peter Graves
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
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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.

60% from 63 members

Charley's Aunt (1941)
Starring: Arthur Askey
Director: Archie Mayo
Certificate:
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.

48% from 10 members
Currently unavailable

I Thank You on DVD (1941)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Moore Moffatt
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
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 »

67% from 86 members

Charley's Big Hearted Aunt (1940)
Starring: Moore Marriott, Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
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 »

67% from 35 members
Not available for rental

Band Waggon on DVD (1940)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch
Director: Marcel Varnel
Certificate:
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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 »

64% from 90 members

The Ghost Train (1931)
Starring: Arthur Askey, Peter Murray-Hill, Richard Murdoch
Director: Walter Forde
Certificate:
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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 »

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

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