Hammer Volume Seven: Ships & Giggles (3 films) (1959-1961)
de various
Powerhouse Films - 19 mai 2026
Titre Original :
Audio : English
Sous-titres : English SDH
Durée : 5h35
Format : Blu ray 2K - 4 films / import US
Zone : B
Genre : Comédie
Synopsis
The Ugly Duckling sees Carry On legend Bernard Bresslaw develop a split personality in this outrageous take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, also starring future Doctor Who Jon Pertwee (Adventures of a Private Eye). Dennis Price (Fortune Is a Woman) and George Cole (A Prize of Gold) play feuding officers in the military farce Don’t Panic Chaps. Bob Monkhouse (Carry On Sergeant), Leslie Phillips (You Must Be Joking!), and Shirley Eaton (The Blood of Fu Manchu) are stranded in France during a disastrous holiday in A Weekend with Lulu. Finally, John Meillon (Crocodile Dundee) plays a seaman who is late for his own wedding in the marital farce Watch It, Sailor!, which also stars Graham Stark (You Must Be Joking!), the legendary Liz Fraser (The Smallest Show on Earth) and Irene Handl (Confessions of a Driving Instructor).
- High Definition masters of The Ugly Duckling, Don’t Panic Chaps, A Weekend with Lulu, and Watch It, Sailor!
- Original mono audio
- Archival Interview with Vera Day (2016): the Watch It, Sailor! actor in conversation with filmmaker Derek Pykett
- Jonathan Rigby on Hammer Comedies (2026): the author of English Gothic: Classic Horror Cinema 1897–2015 provides a wide-ranging history of Hammer’s forays into comedy films
- Robert Shail on Lance Comfort (2026): the film historian discusses the director of The Ugly Duckling and his impressive career
- Introductions by Stephen Laws (2026): appreciations for all four films by the acclaimed horror author
- The BEHP Interview with Len Harris (1991): archival audio recording, featuring The Ugly Duckling’s camera operator in conversation with Alan Lawson and Manny Yospa
- The BEHP Interview with Alfie Cox (1992): archival audio recording, featuring the editor of Watch It, Sailor! in conversation with Alan Lawson and Syd Wilson
- The BEHP Interview with Tilly Day (1988): archival audio recording, featuring the Watch It, Sailor! continuity supervisor in conversation with Alan Lawson and Sidney Cole
- David Benson on Frankie Howerd (2002): archival audio recording of a presentation by the actor, comedian, and author of To Be Frank, staged at BFI Southbank, London
- Leslie Phillips Asks… (1960): charity appeal film for the Royal National Institute of Blind People featuring the A Weekend with Lulu star
- Up in the Air (1969): feature-length Children’s Film Foundation production set in a Victorian boarding school and guest starring The Ugly Duckling’s Jon Pertwee
- Don’t Panic Chaps theatrical trailer
- Image galleries
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing