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Rising Damp


Director: Joe McGrath

Genre: Comedy

Year: 1979

Running time: 98 minutes

Territory: Worldwide

Studio: ITV

Cast: Leonard Rossiter, Don Warrington, Denholm Elliott

Based on the chart-topping comedy series following the fortunes of Rigsby and Miss Jones. Rigsby is the owner of a sleazy boarding house whose tenants include Philip, a black medical student, Ruth Jones on whom Rigsby has set his sights, but who seems to find Philip more to her liking; and John, the roommate in whom Philip is more interested but whose sole purpose in life is losing his virginity to Sandra. The fragile romantic alliances are shattered when Seymour arrives and the attractive Miss Jones falls for him and he falls for her savings book.




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