Movie "Rising Damp" - DVD Movies Encyclopedia

Short description of the movie "Rising Damp"

First broadcast in 1974, the ITV bedsitland sitcom Rising Damp was an instant and enduring success. It starred Leonard Rossiter as the miserly and lovelorn landlord Rigsby who is constantly needling young lodger Alan (Richard Beckinsale), a science student whose long hair and earrings are symptomatic to Rigsby of the parlous effeminacy of the modern age. He's also in love with Frances De La Tour's dowdy spinster Miss Jones, though his tentative advances are forever rebuffed. She in turn carries a torch for Philip (Don Warrington), the elegant son of an African chief who also resides at Rigsby Towers. Some aspects of Rising Damp have not aged well, principally Rigsby's stream of racist jibes at Philip. Although these were doubtless well-meant and supposed to illustrate Rigsby's foolish bigotry, you suspect that that was a convenient cover for audiences in the 1970s to enjoy racist humour. However, Rossiter's Rigsby—stuttering, stammering, bent perpetually over backwards—remains a great comic creation, embodying all the festering prejudices, small-mindedness and self-delusion of the lower middle class Little Englander.

Starring actors in "Rising Damp" movie:

Leonard Rossiter as a character Rigsby Leonard Rossiter also starred in the next movies: "2001: A Space Odyssey" in a role of Dr. Andrei Smyslov; "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" in a role of Superintendent Quinlan; "Water" in a role of Sir Malcolm Leveridge;

Frances de la Tour as a character Miss Jones Frances de la Tour starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Denholm Elliott as a character Seymour Denholm Elliott also starred in the next movies: "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"; "Trading Places" in a role of Coleman; "Too Late the Hero" in a role of Capt. Hornsby; "Raiders of the Lost Ark" in a role of Dr. Marcus Brody; "The Boys from Brazil" in a role of Sidney Beynon; "A Room with a View" in a role of Mr. Emerson, an English tourist;

Don Warrington as a character Philip Don Warrington starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Christopher Strauli as a character John Christopher Strauli starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Carrie Jones as a character Sandra Carrie Jones starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Glynn Edwards as a character Cooper Glynn Edwards starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

John Cater as a character Bert John Cater starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Derek Griffiths as a character Alec Derek Griffiths also starred in the next movies: "Are You Being Served?" in a role of The Emir;

Ronnie Brody as a character Waiter Ronnie Brody starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Alan Clare as a character Accordionist Alan Clare starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Jonathan Cecil as a character Assistant Jonathan Cecil also starred in the next movies: "Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj" in a role of Provost Cunningham; "Murder in Three Acts" in a role of Hastings;

Bill Dean as a character Workman Bill Dean starred only in the movie "Rising Damp"

Pat Roach as a character Rugby player Pat Roach also starred in the next movies: "Conan the Destroyer" in a role of Man Ape/Toth-Amon; "Clash of the Titans" in a role of Hephaestus; "Red Sonja" in a role of Brytag;