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  • Ghost Train
  • Ghost Train review by from Newport South Wales
    Rated - 4 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 ...  
  • I Thank You
  • I Thank You review by Munchkin061271 from Chadwell-St-Mary, Essex
    Rated - 3 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 ...  
  • Band Waggon
  • Band Waggon review by from Whitley Bay, England
    Rated - 2 stars A Historical Curiosity for the over 50s 15 September 2007
    ...younger viewers. My suspicion is that their reaction would be bewilderment that Arthur Askey and Stinker Murdoch could ever be perceived as entertainment. This film, like A...  

Arthur Askey - filmography


  • Bees In Paradise on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Ronald Shiner,  Arthur Askey,  Anne Shelton
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Four pilots eject out of their plane and land on an island heavily populated by females. But the pilots are unaware that men are scarificed two months after marrying on the island...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 46 members
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  • King Arthur Was A Gentleman on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Evelyn Dall,  Peter Graves,  Ronald Shiner
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Arthur Askey joins the army and is stationed in the legendary realm once ruled by King Arthur. When he chances upon an old sword he believes it once belonged to the king and thinks he can do no wrong.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 54% from 33 members
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  • Back Room Boy on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Arthur Askey,  Graham Moffatt
    Director: Herbert Mason
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The Arthur Askey Collection is a six-disc box set containing six films starring the legendary British comedian, Arthur Askey. Titles include: "Back Room Boy"; "Band Waggon"; "Bees in Paradise"; "King Arthur was a Gentleman"; "Miss London Ltd"; and "I Thank You".
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 81 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.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 25% from 4 members
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  • I Thank You on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Arthur Askey,  Graham Moffatt
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Arthur and Dickie become servants in order to raise money for their theatre troupe. Fortunatly, their employer puts up the money for a stage performance for them to star in.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 56 members
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  • Ghost Train (1941)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch,  Kathleen Harrison
    Director: Walter Forde
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Tommy Gander, a concert comedian; Teddy Deakin, his pal; Jackie Withorp and her cousin Richard Winthrop; Miss Bourne, a spinster visiting evacuees, Herbert and Edna, an engaged couple, and Dr. Sterling, travelling on a train to Cornwall miss their connections owing to a delay and have to spend a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 317 members
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  • Charley's Big Hearted Aunt (1940)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch,  Graham Moffatt
    Director: Walter Ford,  Walter Forde
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Dizzy Oxford student Lord Fancourt Babberly (Askey) is persuaded to pose as his pal Charley Wyckham's elderly aunt, in order that Charley's and Jack Chesney's girlfriends will have a proper female escort when they come to visit. The charade is complicated by the presence of Jack's father and of one ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 17 members
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  • Band Waggon on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Arthur and Stinker move into a castle in Sussex. Once there they find television equipment and put on a show, little realising that the equitment is being used by German secret agents.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 53 members
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  • Bees in Paradise to Watch Now (1944)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Anne Shelton,  Peter Graves
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 75 minutes
    Set on an island in the South Atlantic this musical comedy takes, as its premise, a colony in which women hold the power. Men are shut up or forced to perform menial jobs, that is, until a group of four airmen arrive on the island. What ensues is a complicated web of falling in love, and the comedy ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • Miss London Limited to Watch Now (1943)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Evelyne Dall,  Anne Shelton
    Director: Val Guest
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 99 minutes
    Arthur Bowman’s business is in a mess. His agency, ‘Miss London Limited’, supplies visiting troops with female escorts. But due to the nature of his female employees, he is receiving fewer and fewer bookings. Then in walks Terry, a young woman who announces that she has just ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • Back-room Boy to Watch Now (1942)
    Starring: Moore Marriott,  Graham Moffatt,  Googie Withers
    Director: Herbert Mason
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 82 minutes
    Arthur Pilbeam is a 'Backroom Boy' who helps out at the BBC. Following a row with his fiancée, Arthur takes a job in a lonely lighthouse off the coast of Scotland where he will open a new BBC meteorological station. On arriving, however, he is warned by the locals that death has often befallen his ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 4 members
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  • King Arthur was a Gentleman to Watch Now (1942)
    Starring: Max Bacon,  Evelyne Dall,  Anne Shelton
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 98 minutes
    Set during World War II, Susan and Gwennie are two girls bound for London. There Gwennie is to meet her father, a very prominent politician, and Susan is to visit her boyfriend, Arthur (Arthur Askey), who wants to join the army. They come into contact with Gwennie’s father who makes it ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • The Ghost Train to Watch Now (1941)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch,  Kathleen Harrison
    Director: Walter Forde
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 85 minutes
    A group of rail passengers travelling to Cornwall miss their connections and have to spend a night in the waiting room of the eerie junction for Fal Vale. The station master tells them the story of the Ghost Train which is reputed to haunt the station, and when he is later found dead and the roar ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 18 members
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  • I Thank You to Watch Now (1941)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Felix Aylmer,  Richard Murdoch
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 81 minutes
    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, is withdrawn. Not to be defeated, the stars decide the show must go on and devise a plan to persuade her to re-..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 2 members
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  • Charleys Big - Hearted Aunt to Watch Now (1940)
    Starring: Arthur Askey,  Richard Murdoch,  Moore Marriott
    Director: Walter Forde,  Walter Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 79 minutes
    Three Oxford undergraduates get themselves into an hilarious mess when they believe that, in order to avoid prison, one of them must impersonate the aunt of another. The plan, however, only leads to confusion, which is then made even worse by the arrival of the real aunt!
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 3 members
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  • Band Waggon to Watch Now (1940)
    Starring: Jack Hylton,  Richard Murdoch,  Patricia Kirkwood
    Director: Marcel Varnel
    Certificate: Certificate: U (TBC)
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    Run time: 79 minutes
    Arthur and his friend, Stinker, are contacted by a member of the BBC to inform them that they will soon be given an audition. On hearing this, the duo decide to install themselves in a disused studio on the roof of Broadcasting House. There they announce they will transmit a pirate broadcast at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2 members
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Arthur Askey facts

5 most recent films

To See Such Fun - 2.0 stars
Bees In Paradise - 3.0 stars
Miss London Ltd - 3.0 stars
King Arthur Was A Gentleman - 3.0 stars
Back Room Boy - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Ghost Train - 3.5 stars
Back Room Boy - 3.5 stars
Love Match - 3.5 stars
I Thank You - 3.5 stars
Band Waggon - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Charley's Aunt - 2.0 stars
To See Such Fun - 2.0 stars
King Arthur Was A Gentleman - 3.0 stars
Charley's Big Hearted Aunt - 3.0 stars
Bees In Paradise - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Richard Murdoch - 8 times - show films
Anne Shelton - 6 times - show films
Max Bacon - 6 times - show films
Moore Marriott - 5 times - show films
Graham Moffatt - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Marcel Varnel - 6 times - show films
Val Guest - 4 times - show films
Walter Forde - 4 times - show films
Herbert Mason - 2 times - show films
Walter Ford - 2 times - show films