The best Timothy Bateson’s comedy movies

Timothy Bateson

Timothy Bateson

03/04/1926- 16/09/2009
We present our ranking of the best Timothy Bateson’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Timothy Bateson.

The Italian Job

The Italian Job
7.2/10
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.

Crooks Anonymous

Crooks Anonymous
6.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 31/03/1962
  • Character: Partridge
A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.

After the Fox

After the Fox
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 01/01/1966
  • Character: Michael O'Reilly
Criminal mastermind 'The Fox' sets up a phony film production and masquerades as it's director as part of a plan to smuggle a stolen gold shipment into Italy.

The Mouse That Roared

The Mouse That Roared
6.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 17/07/1959
  • Character: Roger
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.

The Wrong Box

The Wrong Box
6.7/10
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.

All or Nothing

All or Nothing
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 17/05/2002
  • Character: Harold
Penny works at a supermarket and Phil is a gentle taxi-driver. Penny’s love for Phil has run dry and they lead joyless lives with their two children, Rachel, a cleaner, and Rory, who is unemployed and aggressive.

The Knack... and How to Get It

The Knack... and How to Get It
6.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 01/05/1965
  • Character: Junkyard Owner
A nebbish schoolteacher begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal to teach him 'the knack' - how to score with women. Serendipitously, the men meet up with a new girl in town, as well as a friendly lunatic who can’t help but paint things white.

Don Quixote

Don Quixote
6.1/10
The classic tale of a man's dream, his epic journey, and one true love.

The Anniversary

The Anniversary
6.9/10
Mrs Taggart always celebrates her anniversary with her grown sons. It’s a tradition practised since the death of her husband and she is determined for it to continue. None of her three sons have dared to cross their ruthless domineering mother but this anniversary they intend to try. With cruel and brutal twists, the family get-together becomes a social nightmare beyond endurance.

Vice Versa

Vice Versa
6.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/01/1948
  • Character: Coker
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.

On the Fiddle

On the Fiddle
5.8/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/10/1961
  • Character: Stretcher Bearer (Uncredited)
Tricked into joining the RAF by a wily judge, wide boy Horace Pope sets his sights on the main chance, teams with slow-witted, good-hearted gypsy Pedlar Pascoe, and works up a lucrative racket in conning both his colleagues and the RAF. By means of various devious schemes Pope and Pascoe manage to avoid the front lines until they are sent to France - where they find themselves making unexpected and uncomfortably close contact with the enemy.

As You Like It

As You Like It
7.1/10
Orlando is forced to work like a servant for his brother Oliver, so he goes to win his fortune in a wrestling contest, where he meets a lady of the court, Rosalind. Rosalind (daughter of the deposed duke) is companion to Celia, niece of the deposed Duke, and when the current duke banishes Rosalind from the kingdom, she, Celia, the court jester (and incidentally Orlando) all end up in the forest or Arden, where the deposed Duke holds court. Romantic mixups, cross-dressing, love poems nailed to trees, and a lion await them all.

Doctor in Distress

Doctor in Distress
5.6/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 30/07/1963
  • Character: Mr Holly
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont

Mrs Palfrey at The Claremont
7.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 25/11/2005
  • Character: Summers
All but abandoned by her family in a London retirement hotel, an elderly woman strikes up a curious friendship with a young writer.

What a Carve Up!

What a Carve Up!
6.3/10
Ernie's Uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral family home with the rest of his rather eccentric relatives. Ernie's imagination has been affected by his constant immersion in cheap horror novels, but his wildest fears turn out to be justified when the guests begin to drop dead.

Expresso Bongo

Expresso Bongo
6.2/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/12/1959
  • Character: Amusement Arcade Manager
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation. Director Val Guest's 1959 British drama stars Laurence Harvey, Cliff Richard, Sylvia Syms, Yolande Donlan, Hermione Baddeley, Susan Hampshire and Avis Bunnage.

It's Trad, Dad!

It's Trad, Dad!
5.9/10
The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The hero and heroine go to London television studio to ask trad jazz musician to support their trial.

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