The Alf Garnett Saga
Directed byBob Kellett
Written byJohnny Speight
Produced byTerry Glinwood
Ned Sherrin
StarringWarren Mitchell
Dandy Nichols
Adrienne Posta
CinematographyNicholas D. Knowland
Edited byAl Gell
Music byGeorgie Fame
Colin Green
Production
company
Associated London Films
Distributed byColumbia-Warner Distributors
Release date
  • 3 August 1972 (1972-08-03)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Alf Garnett Saga is a 1972 British comedy film directed by Bob Kellett and starring Warren Mitchell, Dandy Nichols, Paul Angelis and Adrienne Posta.[1] The film was the second spin-off from the BBC TV series Till Death Us Do Part.[2] It starts where the first film finished, but with Angelis and Posta now playing Mike and Rita, the roles previously played by Anthony Booth and Una Stubbs. Unlike the first movie, it has never been released on DVD.

Producer Ned Sherrin said the film "was memorable for a close-up chance to observe the detail which Warren Mitchell and Dandy Nichols put into their characterisations, for a gallery of cameos, and for two curious guest appearances by the football stars Bobby Moore and George Best."[3]

Premise

With the Garnetts' Wapping home demolished, Alf and his family are installed in a high-rise council flat. Alf struggles with "living in the sky", using lifts (which frequently break down due to power cuts "caused by the striking miners") and walking long distances to the local pub. Alf also swallows LSD thinking it's a sugar cube and walks across his neighbours balcony handrail [4]

Cast

References

  1. ^ The Alf Garnett Saga at BFI Film and TV Database
  2. ^ "The Alf Garnett Saga". Moovida DB. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
  3. ^ Sherrin, Ned (2006). Ned Sherrin : the autobiography. Time Warner. p. 214.
  4. ^ "The Alf Garnett Saga". British Classic Comedy. 10 June 2012. Retrieved 7 March 2014.

External links


Till Death Us Do Part
Works by Johnny Speight
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