• Puckoon
  ....com/puckoon/cast_photos.htm|title=Puckoon – Cast Gallery|website=guerilla-films.com}}</ref> Jane Milligan (Spike's daughter) appeared in the small role of ''Puckoon'' was adapted for the stage in 2009, and toured Ireland and the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cit
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• Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse
  '''''Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse''''' is a 1978 British sex [[comedy film]] directed by [[Justin Cartwright]] and starring [[Debbie ...movie and in the books&nbsp;– is the star of an earlier series of similar novels that depict Penny as an airline stewardess.
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• Badjelly the Witch
  ...ke Milligan]], created for his children, then printed in 1973. It was made into an audio and a video version. ...], Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand. Tim Bray adapted and directed the book into a stage play and included The Goons' 'Ying Tong' song along with Monty Pyth
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• Alan Hackney
  ...nd ''Private Life'', both of which were adapted into [[Boulting brothers]] films: the former as ''[[Private's Progress]]'' (1956); and the latter as ''[[I'm ...er Sisters]] and [[Johnny Dorelli]]), and Hollywood as well as working for British television and continuing to contribute to ''Punch''.
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• Strike It Rich (1990 film)
  | distributor = [[Miramax Films]] ...comedy]] film directed by [[James Scott (director)|James Scott]], who also adapted the [[screenplay]] based on the 1955 novella ''[[Loser Takes All]]'' by [[G
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• The Wild Affair
  ...tributor = [[Bryanston Films (UK)|Bryanston Films]]<br />[[British Lion Films]] ...n 1963,<ref>p. 223 Farmer, Richard ''Transformation and Tradition in 1960s British Cinema'' Edinburgh University Press; 1st edition February 16, 2021</ref> th
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• The Captain's Table
  '''''The Captain's Table''''' is a 1959 [[Cinema of the United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy film|comedy film]] directed by [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack L ...[[Richard Gordon (English author)|Richard Gordon]]. This was later adapted into the 1971 German film ''[[The Captain (1971 film)|The Captain]]'' starring [
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• Take a Girl Like You (film)
  ...n the 1960 novel ''[[Take a Girl Like You]]'' by [[Kingsley Amis]], it was adapted by [[George Melly]].<ref>TAKE A GIRL LIKE YOU ...until she meets the right man. Jenny is attracted to Patrick, so they get into a volatile relationship as Patrick tries to change Jenny's mind, without gi
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• The Mouse on the Moon
  | studio = Walter Shenson Films '''''The Mouse on the Moon''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]], the sequel to ''[[The Mouse That Roared (film)|The Mouse T
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• No Kidding (film)
  | caption = Original British quad poster ...chive-date=2012-07-13|title=No Kidding (1960)|work=BFI}}</ref> The film is adapted from [[Verily Anderson]]'s 1958 memoir ''Beware of Children'',<ref>Eloise M
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• Ian La Frenais
  ...n [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], and completed his [[National Service]] in the [[British Army]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Weight |first=Richard |title=Porridge (BFI TV ...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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• On the Fiddle
  ...nafu''''' and '''''Operation War Head''''' in the United States) is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Cyril Frankel]] and starring [[Sean Connery]] ...e. The pair do their utmost to make a bit on the side and avoid being sent into action.
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• Our Man in Havana (film)
  ...son's Reports]]'' film review; 30 January 1960, page 18.</ref> The film is adapted from the 1958 novel ''[[Our Man in Havana]]'' by [[Graham Greene]]. The fil ...s Wormold, a [[vacuum cleaner]] salesman, is recruited by Hawthorne of the British [[Secret Intelligence Service]] to be their Havana operative. Instead of re
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• Dick Clement
  ...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 ...ng the same period, they adapted [[Keith Waterhouse]]'s ''[[Billy Liar]]'' into the stage musical ''[[Billy (musical)|Billy]]'', starring [[Michael Crawfor
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• Confessions of a Window Cleaner
  ...-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110905065924/http://www.britmovie.co.uk/films/Confessions-of-a-Window-Cleaner_1974 |archive-date=5 September 2011 |url-st '''''Confessions of a Window Cleaner''''' is a 1974 British [[sex comedy]] film, directed by [[Val Guest]].<ref name=leach132>Leach, p.
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• Georgy Girl
  {{short description|1966 British film}} '''''Georgy Girl''''' is a 1966 British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[comedy-drama]], starring [[Lynn Redgrave]] i
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• The League of Gentlemen (film)
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] ...l)|The League of Gentlemen]]'' by [[John Boland (author)|John Boland]] and adapted by [[Bryan Forbes]], who also starred in the film.
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• Tom Jones (1963 film)
  ...stribution.pdf|last=Petrie|first= Duncan James |year=2017|title= Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution|jour ...lm was produced and directed by [[Tony Richardson]] and the screenplay was adapted by playwright [[John Osborne]].
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• The Mouse That Roared (film)
  ...The Mouse That Roared]]'' (1955).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b0dc0d2|title=The Mouse That Roared (1959)|publisher=}}</re ...who had an arrangement to produce films for Columbia through his Highroad Films.<ref name="new">{{Cite news|title=PREMINGER BUYS TOP BEST-SELLER|author=R.
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• Adolf Hitler: My Part in His Downfall
  ...helon duties, his [[demobilisation|demob]] and early years trying to break into the entertainment industry. In ''[[Mussolini: His Part in My Downfall]]'', ...r: My Part in His Downfall (film)|a film with the same title]] and adapted into a stage play.
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