The Arthur Askey Collection - 6-DVD Set ( Back-Room Boy / Band Waggon / Bees in Paradise / King Arthur Was a Gentleman / Miss London Ltd. / I Thank You )

The Arthur Askey Collection - 6-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$31.99

Original Title: Back-Room Boy / Band Waggon / Bees in Paradise / King Arthur Was a Gentleman / Miss London Ltd. / I Thank You
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
English ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
494 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1940-1944 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Herbert Mason
Marcel Varnel
Val Guest

Actors:
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur Pilbeam
Moore Marriott ..... Jerry
Graham Moffatt ..... Albert
Googie Withers ..... Bobbie
Vera Frances ..... Jane
Joyce Howard ..... Betty
John Salew ..... Steve Mason
George Merritt ..... Uncle
Eileen Bennett ..... Bit
Philip Friend ..... Damon Ravel
Aubrey Mallalieu ..... West
Robert Rendel ..... Captain of German Warship
D.J. Williams ..... McIntyre
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur Askey
Jack Hylton and His Band ..... Themselves
Richard Murdoch ..... Stinker Murdoch
Pat Kirkwood ..... Pat
Moore Marriott ..... Jasper
Freddy Schweitzer ..... Self - Accordian Player
Bruce Trent ..... Self
Michael Standing ..... Self
C.H. Middleton ..... Self
Jasmine Bligh ..... Self
The Sherman Fisher Girls ..... Dancers
Jonah Barrington ..... Self
Paul Holt ..... Self
Peter Gawthorne ..... Claude Pilkington
Donald Calthrop ..... Hobday
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur Tucker
Anne Shelton ..... Rouana
Peter Graves ..... Peter Lovell
Max Bacon ..... Max Adler
Ronald Shiner ..... Ronald Wild
Jean Kent ..... Jani
Antoinette Cellier ..... The Queen
Joy Shelton ..... Almura
Beatrice Varley ..... Moagga
Koringa ..... Crocodile Charmer
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur King
Evelyn Dall ..... Susan Ashley
Anne Shelton ..... Gwennie Duncarron
Max Bacon ..... Maxie
Jack Train ..... Jack
Peter Graves ..... Lance Elliott
Vera Frances ..... Brownie
Brefni O'Rorke ..... Colonel Duncarron
Ronald Shiner ..... Sergeant
Clifford Buckton ..... Military Policeman - Corporal
Al Burnett ..... Slim
Clifford Cobbe
Freddie Crump
Ernie Feldman
Victor Feldman ..... The 8 year old boy drumming
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur Bowman
Evelyn Dall ..... Terry Arden
Anne Shelton ..... Gail Martin
Peter Graves ..... Capt. Rory O'Moore
Jack Train ..... Joe Nelson
Max Bacon ..... Romero
Jean Kent ..... The Encyclopedia Girl
Richard Hearne ..... Commodore Joshua Wellington
Sheila Bligh
Noni Brooke
Hilda Campbell-Russell ..... Cabaret Singer
Virginia Keiley
Iris Lang
Patricia Owens ..... Miss London
Una Shepherd
Ronald Shiner ..... Sailor Meredith
Marianne Stone
Arthur Askey ..... Arthur
Richard Murdoch ..... 'Stinker'
Lily Morris ..... Lady Randall
Moore Marriott ..... 'Pop' Bennett
Issy Bonn ..... Self
Eleanor Farrell ..... Self
Charlie Forsythe ..... Self
Addie Seamon ..... Self
Kathleen Harrison ..... Cook
Wally Patch ..... Bill, The Fireman
Felix Aylmer ..... Henry Potter
Peter Gawthorne ..... Dr. Pope
Cameron Hall ..... Lomas
Phyllis Morris ..... Miss Pizer

Synopsis:

Back-Room Boy: A lowly BBC employee pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, the 'back-room boy' investigates and finds a sinister scheme involving spies and Nazi battleships. Band Waggon: Evicted from the roof of Broadcasting House, Arthur Askey and Stinker Richard Murdoch move into Droon Castle in Sussex. Not realizing that the television equipment they discover is in use by German Secret Agents they do the obvious thing, put on a show. Bees in Paradise: A female run society on Paradise Island is in need of new men to sustain their population. Only two babies have been born recently, and both were boys. On cue, a British bomber loses power and crashes onto the island. All four men parachute safely. They feel delusional when comely women show up around them. The Paradise societal structure is based on a beehive with a queen at the top. Men are treated like drones. They are sought for marriage. After a two-month honeymoon, during which they are expected to sire a child, they are executed. The local men are reluctant to marry for fear of losing their lives. The four crewmen quickly learn the rules of engagement and marriage. Accepting a ride in a woman's sedan chair announces an engagement. Sharing a cup of wine constitutes a wedding ceremony. The crew's tiny mechanic, Arthur Tucker, is fussed over by the ladies who think he is cute. After officiating a rugby match in which he is literally run into the ground, he is taken to the apartment of the woman whose sedan chair he has already ridden in. Being somewhat dazed from his pounding, he accepts an offered cup of wine. In front of a witness, his hostess quickly takes a sip, too. He is bound in marriage. He refuses to do his husbandly duties for he has fallen for another of the women. He is locked up after an escape bid and tried for dereliction of duties. His wife begs for mercy but loses her appeal. Two crewmen in drag help him to a canoe. Offshore help may be available, but his wife catches him as he tries to paddle away. King Arthur Was a Gentleman: Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasising about King Arthur and his knights. Miss London Ltd.: Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late father's dating service run by Arthur Bowman (Arthur Askey). An enjoyable musical comedy. Miss London Ltd.: Terry Arden (Evelyn Dall) travels to England to take over her half of her late father's dating service run by Arthur Bowman (Arthur Askey). An enjoyable musical comedy. I Thank You: Struggling entertainers who are trying to put on a show pose as servants to wealthy woman in hopes of raising the money.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 24 March, 2026.