Rising Damp Summary
Director: Joseph McGrath
Genres: Comedy
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Leonard_Rossiter stars in the madcap British farce Rising Damp, as Rupert Rigsby, the bigoted and conniving landlord of a dingy flophouse in an unspecified English city. Rupert must contend on a daily basis with a motley group of tenants, including the nymphomaniacal spinster Ruth Jones (Frances de la Tour); Philip (Don_Warrington), a black med student who insists that he is actually an African prince with an entire harem of wives; wet-behind-the-ears art student John (Christopher_Strauli); and the dapper gold digger Seymour (Denholm_Elliott). This film was actually a theatrical spin-off of a U.K. television series that ran from 1974 to 1978; Richard_Beckinsale (father of Kate) had a key role in the original series but died in 1979, hence his absence from the movie. Nathan Southern, Rovi
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