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One Way Pendulum is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Peter Yates and starring Eric Sykes and George Cole. It is an adaptation of the play by N. F. Simpson.
One Way Pendulum: Directed by Peter Yates. With Eric Sykes, George Cole, Julia Foster, Jonathan Miller. In between inventing odd devices, the very eccentric Groomkirby family decides to re-enact a murder and trial in their living room.
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- Comedy
- Peter Yates
- 1965-03-02
The father carts home supplies from a humdrum accounting job and constructs a replica of a high English court in the living room, where he orchestrates his son's murder trial (note that some ...
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- Peter Yates
- Comedy
- Eric Sykes
One Way Pendulum (1965) - Turner Classic Movies. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Photos & Videos. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. An eccentric family gets mixed up in an imaginary murder trial. Cast & Crew. Read More. Peter Yates. Director. Eric Sykes. Mr. Groomkirby. George Cole. Defense counsel/friend. Julia Foster. Sylvia.
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A father (Eric Sykes) who is obsessed with the Old Bailey and is building a replica in his front room, a son who nicks 'speak your weight' machines and adjusts their innards so they sing together like a choir ('fifteen stone, ten pounds!') and an attractive young daughter who thinks she looks like a monkey.
Eric Sykes stars as Mr Arthur Groomkirby, an eccentric dreamer who recreates the Old Bailey in his living room at home. His son, Kirby (Jonathan Miller), is up in the loft trying to teach 'speak your weight' machines to sing in harmony and awaiting his trial (in the living room) on a murder charge. Arthur.
