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Margery & Gladys [DVD] [Import]

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The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. In 1999, a Norfolk farmer named Tony Martin (not the American singer) shot dead a teenage burglar who broke into his property. Instead of Texas highways, their getaway takes Margery and Gladys across the secondary B-roads of the Midlands, en route to sanctuary in (wait for it) Milton Keynes. Haughty, recently-widowed Margery Heywood and her cleaner Gladys Gladwell go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar, holding up a post office for Glady. Together, over a period of several months, they pursue a mutual sexual passion whose inevitable stages unfold in counterpoint to nine live-concert songs.

Ms Keith plays Margery, a tetchy suburban matron -- recently widowed -- who attends a Neighbourhood Watch meeting that leaves her paranoid about burglars. Like any good drama and comedy, there are laughs along the way when they run out of money, break into a pharmacy, etc. If you enjoy the genre of the 'classic' British comedy that this movie definitely belongs to, you won't be disappointed. After all, a neighborhood watch meeting recently warned home owners that British laws do not favor them when they defend their homes and lives.Read all Haughty, recently-widowed Margery Heywood and her cleaner Gladys Gladwell go on the run after mistakenly believing that they have killed a teenage burglar, holding up a post office for Gladys' money, and giving petty crook Terry Mason a lift, they are pursued by the police. Remake of the 1961 Disney comedy about separated identical twins who meet at camp, change places and hatch a plot to reunite their divorced parents. When wealthy, recently-widowed suburban housewife, Margery (PENELOPE KEITH), and her ‘rough diamond’ of a cleaner, Gladys (JUNE BROWN), disturb a house burglar, they knock him unconscious, panic and leave him for dead, fleeing in the cleaner’s wrecked old car. Because the intruder was attacked from behind, a controversial court decision found Martin guilty of homicide; he served 18 months in prison before the conviction was changed to manslaughter and he was released with time served.

Britain has had a long history of mainly 'gentle' if somewhat bawdy comedies committed to celluloid. This film reminds me of a Simpsons episode, when Marge is at a book-club meeting with Helen Fielding. Believing that she has killed him, she panics and flees the house with Gladys, leaving behind her handbag. If it had been in the cinemas, Penelope Keith and June Brown would have been honored with Oscar nominations.

The humour is based around having a a female middle class snob and a very working class woman in the same car when things start to go wrong. Trinians, of course the many Carry Ons and the numerous TV series' movie outings from the 1970s onwards. It is easy for the frequent viewer of television to become pessimistic about the future of the medium.

In Gladys's car, the two women decide to try to reach Margery's son Graham in Milton Keynes, hoping he'll give them shelter and money, but the trip turns into a comedy of disasters. Be sure to watch the closing credits where all the characters' stories are wrapped up in a series of post cards.After the start, Margery and Gladys confront in Margery's house and accidentally kill him, the plot follows a roller coaster of twists and turns to keep you guessing to the end. This British TV movie is a must for fans of classic Britcoms who will recognize Penelope Keith from various TV series. By joining TV Guide, you agree to our Terms of Use and acknowledge the data practices in our Privacy Policy.

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