The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973)
1h 33m
Running Time
February 1, 1973Release Date
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business (1973)
1h 33m
Running Time
February 1, 1973Release Date
Plot.
Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies comedy feature. Also starring fellow sitcom favourite Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was adapted from an individual ITV Playhouse drama and scripted by Emmerdale Farm creator Kevin Laffan. 'Sherry' Sheridan, a middle-aged compère and drag artiste currently stationed at a caravan site, is low on talent but high on ambition. Convinced he just needs one decent break to launch himself into the big time, he's relentlessly optimistic - but sadly unaware that his family life is crumbling around him. Can Sherry manage to secure both his job, and his marriage?
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Cast & Crew.
Reg Varney
Sherry Sheridan
Diana Coupland
Mary Sheridan
Johnny Briggs
Millet
Lee Montague
Charlie Green
Jean Harvey
Emma
Christopher Hodson
Director
George Sweeney
Dai
Kevin Laffan
Writer
David Lincoln
Ron
Johnny Goodman
Producer
Clare Sutcliffe
Glad
Penny Spencer
Eunice
Michael Hadley
Alan Sheridan
Harry Robertson
Composer
Bill Dean
Bert
James Allen
Cinematographer
Reginald Marsh
Fred
Karen Kessey
May
Geoffrey Chater
Rev. Thorn
Clare Kelly
Mrs. Thorn
Jane Seymour
Kim Thorn
Jenny Thompson
Edna Pilbeam
Claire Davenport
Eating Lady
Clare Shenstone
1st Chemist
Jane Cardew
2nd Chemist
Preston Lockwood
3rd Chemist
Robert Lennard
Casting
Robert Jones
Art Direction
Richard Best
Editor
John Bramall
Sound Recordist
Malcolm J. Christopher
Production Manager
Bob Kindred
Camera Operator
Gladys Goldsmith
Continuity
Michael Morris
Makeup Artist
Elaine Bowerbank
Hairdresser
Helen Thomas
Set Decoration
Kenneth McCallum Tait
Assistant Art Director
Andrew Mitchell
Producer
Les Thurgood
Construction Manager
Arnold Ross
Location Manager / Assistant Director
Details.
Wiki.
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business is a 1973 British comedy-drama film directed by Christopher Hodson starring Reg Varney, Diana Coupland and Lee Montague. A washed-up comic/female impersonator at a holiday camp is concerned about the future.The film is a cinematic version of an episode of ITV Playhouse (Yorkshire Television) by the same writer and director and also starring Reg Varney, transmitted on 28 December 1968.