The Odd Job
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Medak
Graham Chapman
David Jason
Diana Quick
Simon Williams
Edward Hardwicke
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Arthur Harris is a happily married man who returns from his job to discover that his wife, Fiona, is leaving him. Devastated he gets really drunk and tries to commit suicide. After a few setbacks and while he is trying to electrocute himself with a lamp, the door bell rings. An odd man in a leather coat asks if there are any odd jobs that he can perform. Arthur hires the man to kill him. The next day his wife returns, but the man he hired is still trying to kill him...
Director
Peter Medak
Cast
Graham Chapman
David Jason
Diana Quick
Simon Williams
Edward Hardwicke
Bill Paterson
Michael Elphick
Stewart Harwood
Carolyn Seymour
Joe Melia
George Innes
Crew
Howard Blake
Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman
Stephen P Christian
Tony Curtis
Mark Forstater
Shuna Harwood
Claude Hitchcock
Ken Hodges
Bernard Mckenna
Stephen O'rourke
Tony Stratton Smith
Barrie Vince
John D. Wilcox
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
What are you doing?- Caretaker
I'm minding my own sodding business, which is more than can be said for you, you snivelling little turd!- Arthur Harris
Trivia
Originally made as an episode of the Ronnie Barker series _"6 Dates With Barker" (1971)_ with Ronnie Barker as Arthur Harris and David Jason as the Odd Job Man. For this feature-length remake, Graham Chapman wanted 'Keith Moon' of the Who to play the Odd Job Man, but Keith's recording commitments wouldn't allow him to appear.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1978
Released in United States 1978
