The Odd Job
The Odd Job
Release: 1978-08-31
·Runtime: 87m
·★ 5.7
Comedy
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...
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Charisma Films
Cast
Simon Williams
as Tony Sloane
George Innes
as Caretaker
James Bree
as Mr Kemp
John Judd
as Police Driver
David Jason
as The Odd Job Man
Joe Melia
as Head Waiter
Zulema Dene
as Mrs Kemp
Mark Penfold
as Ambulanceman
Graham Chapman
as Arthur Harris
Diana Quick
as Fiona Harris
Edward Hardwicke
as Inspector Black
Bill Paterson
as Sergeant Mull
Carolyn Seymour
as Angie
Anthony Milner
as Waiter
Michael Elphick
as Raymonde
Richard O'Brien
as Batch
David Hatton
as Old Man