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Rising Damp is a 1980 comedy film based on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978. The television series was, in turn, adapted from Eric Chappell 's stage play The Banana Box .
May 2, 1980 · Rising Damp: Directed by Joseph McGrath. With Leonard Rossiter, Frances de la Tour, Don Warrington, Christopher Strauli. Based on the British situation comedy Rising Damp, which aired on ITV from 1974 to 1978.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Joseph McGrath
- 1980-05-02
Rising Damp (1980) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Philip Smith (Don Warrington) is a planning student who claims to be the son of an African chief. As a black man, he brings out the ill-informed fears and knee-jerk suspicions of Rigsby.
Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.
Rising Damp. A bigoted landlord (Leonard Rossiter) tries to woo a spinster (Frances de la Tour) even though she fancies another man.
- Comedy
May 3, 1980 · Leonard Rossiter stars in the madcap British farce Rising Damp, as Rupert Rigsby, the bigoted and conniving landlord of a dingy flophouse in an unspecified English city.
