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Only When I Larf is a British film of genre Comedy directed by Basil Dearden released in USA on 23 october 1968 with Richard Attenborough
Only When I Larf (1968)
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Add to a movie listOnly When I Larf is a 1968 British comedy film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings and Alexandra Stewart. It is adapted from the novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises.
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A trio of confidence tricksters (Attenborough, Hemmings and Stewart), attempt to swindle an African state into buying crates full of scrap metal instead of anti-tank guns.Actors
Richard Attenborough
(Silas)
David Hemmings
(Bob)
Alexandra Stewart
(Liz)
Nicholas Pennell
(Spencer)
Melissa Stribling
(Diana)
Len Deighton films
(1965)
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