Rising Damp (film)

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 Chappells stage play The Banana Box. Chappell adapted the play to television, and wrote the screenplay for this feature film. The films director was Joseph McGrath.

A reviewer for Time Out wrote that the film demonstrates that moderately droll TV boardinghouse sitcoms ought not to be stretched to 98 minutes.David Parkinson wrote in the Radio Times, the absence of Richard Beckinsale does much to sap the enjoyment of this decent movie version of the enduring television sitcom. Eric Chappell...overwrites to compensate and the film suffers from too many padded scenes and too few hilarious situations. Newcomer Denholm Elliott looks a tad out of place alongside regulars Frances de la Tour and Don Warrington, but he makes a solid foil for the magnificent Leonard Rossiter, who pursues his romantic quest with a seedy chivalry that both disgusts and amuses.. ........

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