Bob Monkhouse: Live And Forbidden

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marcus Mortimer directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
• 229 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Bob Monkhouse and Harold Fisher and Tony Fisher carry the top of the cast.
• 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Makeup / hair

Dorinda Lamb

Runtime

65 min · 1h 5m

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Certification (US)

18

Also by

Marcus Mortimer

• 
  Bob Monkhouse Exposes Himself

  1997 · ★ 10.0
• 
  Newman and Baddiel: History Today

  1992 · ★ 9.0
• 
  Ben Elton: Live

  1997 · ★ 9.0
• 
  The Best of The Two Ronnies - Volume 1

  2001 · ★ 8.0
• 
  The Best Of The Two Ronnies - Volume 2

  2003 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Bottom Live: The Stage Show

  1993 · ★ 7.9

Production companies

Who made it

• VI

  Vision Video (VVL) Ltd

Key crew

• Camera SupervisorGeoff Clark
• ProducerMarcus Mortimer
• Executive ProducerPeter Prichard
• Executive ProducerBill Tennant
• ChoreographerGerard Simi
• Makeup DesignerDorinda Lamb
• Makeup DesignerBrenda Yewdell
• MusicianRoy Willox
• MusicianHarold Fisher
• MusicianTony Fisher
• MusicianDave Richmond
• Music DirectorLaurie Holloway

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical1997-08-0418