• Rentadick
  | studio = [[Virgin Films]]<br>[[David Paradine|David Paradine Productions]] ...ntadick (1972) |work=BFI |accessdate=24 October 2015}}</ref> It is a spoof spy/detective picture, the plot of which involves attempts to protect a new exp
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• To Catch a Spy
  | name = To Catch a Spy | based_on = ''[[Catch Me a Spy]]'' by George Marton & [[Tibor Méray]]
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• Up the Front
  ...film spin-off from the television series ''[[Up Pompeii!]]'' (the previous films being ''[[Up the Chastity Belt]]'' set in the Middle Ages which followed on ...s into the hands of General Burke, he is confronted by the sensuous German spy [[Mata Hari]]. After foiling Mata Hari's scheme to relieve him of the plan,
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• Not Now, Comrade
  | studio = Not Now Films ([[Independent film|Independent]]) ...Darling]]'' (1973), and was the second in an intended series of "Not Now" films, with ''Not Now, Prime Minister'' pencilled in as a follow-up. But box offi
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• Confessions from a Holiday Camp
  '''''Confessions from a Holiday Camp''''' is a 1977 British [[sex comedy|sex comedy]] film. It is the last film in the series which began with ''[[Confessions ==Further proposed films==
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• One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing
  '''''One of Our Dinosaurs is Missing''''' is a 1975 [[comedy film]] which is set in the early 1920s, about the theft of a [[dinosaur]] [ [[Category:1970s comedy mystery films]]
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• Carry On Loving
  ...n bawdiness rather than the evasive innuendo characteristic of the earlier films in the series. There are fictitious locations named for their sexual innuen ...born 1914)|Charles Hawtrey]]) is a private detective whom Sophie hires to spy on Sid's after-hours activities when he supposedly "[[vetting|vets]]" the f
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• Derek Francis
  | known_for = [[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On films]] ...– 27 March 1984 in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], London) was an English comedy and character actor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f43
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• Ian La Frenais
  ...Lads]]'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'' (directed by Clement) and ' ...illain]]'', starring [[Richard Burton]], and ''[[To Catch a Spy|Catch Me a Spy]]'' (again directed by Clement), starring [[Kirk Douglas]]. In this same pe
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• Valerie Leon
  ...e]] and [[Sean Connery]], respectively. She also had roles in high profile films such as ''[[The Italian Job]]'' (1969), ''[[The Wild Geese]]'' (1978) and Leon also appeared in the [[Hai Karate]] television adverts in the 1970s which gained her substantial publicity. She also became known globally as a
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• Terry Scott
  ...=240 }}</ref> He is also best known for appearing the [[BBC1]] [[Situation comedy|sitcom]] ''[[Terry and June]]'' with [[June Whitfield]]. ...rchard]] in later years. Scott later appeared with Lloyd in ''[[Hugh and I Spy]]'' (1968) and in the 1969 sitcom ''[[The Gnomes of Dulwich]]'' (1969) as [
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• Dick Clement
  ...joined the [[BBC|BBC]] as a studio manager and started writing scripts and comedy sketches.<ref name=Porridge>{{cite book|year=2001|author1=Richard Webster | ...y Lads'', and by the end of the decade they had also written three feature films: ''[[The Jokers]]'', ''[[Otley (film)|Otley]]'', (directed by Clement) and
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• Take It from Here
  | format = [[Comedy]] ...ively in programmes such as ''[[Round the Horne]]'' and in many television comedy series.
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• Sydney Tafler
  ...red for numerous appearances in films and television from the 1940s to the 1970s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f1d2ab0 |archive-url=h ...actress.<ref>{{cite book|author=Howard Maxford|title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQ
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• Michael Ripper
  ...7).<ref name=guardian/><ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb7e804|title=Michael Ripper|website=BFI}}</ref> ...=BFI}}</ref> (His last Hammer role was as a railway worker in the atypical comedy ''[[That's Your Funeral]]'' two years later.)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ww
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• Blake Edwards
  ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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• Raymond Huntley
  ...]] [[actor]] who appeared in dozens of British films from the 1930s to the 1970s.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|url=http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b9f959380 |archi ...y solicitor to the Bellamys in [[London Weekend Television|LWT's]] popular 1970s drama series ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs
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• Sheila Steafel
  In February 2018 she appeared in the daytime comedy drama ''[[Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators]]'' Episode 2 as ca ...to the Secret Garden]]'' (2001).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba04b523c|title=Sheila Steafel}}</ref>
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• Eric Sykes
  ...1960s when he appeared with [[Hattie Jacques]] in several popular [[BBC]] comedy television series. ...r both Fraser and [[Frankie Howerd]] and soon found himself in demand as a comedy writer. Forming a partnership with [[Sid Colin]], he worked on the [[BBC]]
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• Hywel Bennett
  ...ré]]'s ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' (1979). In later years, he was often cast in villainous roles including ...starred as Private Brigg in ''[[The Virgin Soldiers]]'', a [[comedy drama|comedy-drama]] film set during the [[Malayan Emergency]]. Bennett described the fi
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