
Dummy
1979


15 votes
Reveals how the home life of the larger-than-life Carry On actress Hattie Jacque was blown apart by a secret sexual liaison with her handsome young driver while she was married to Dad's Army star John Le Mesurier.
Director
Dan ZeffWriters
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
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Ruth Jones is on good form here as the British screen legend Hattie Jacques but I really couldn’t help but feel that the character she presented was a far cry for the amiable one we saw on screen and television in the 1960s. Perhaps that is because she was married to comedy actor John Le Mesurier (Robert Bathurst), had two children and after beginning an affair with John Schofield (Aiden Turner) proceeded to relegate her husband to an attic room whilst she moved her lover into her bed. I just didn’t like her very much from here on in. Turner also delivers quite well as his swarthy Schofield pr…
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