The Best House in London

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The Best House in London

"From top to bottom ... it's the best place in town!"

1969

1h 37m

3.8(6 votes)

Comedy

Overview

In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.

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33 members

Acting

David Hemmings

Benjamin Oakes / Walter Leybourne

Acting

Joanna Pettet

Josephine Pacefoot

Acting

George Sanders

Sir Francis Leybourne

Acting

Dany Robin

Babette

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Warren Mitchell

Count Pandolfo

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John Bird

Home Secretary

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William Rushton

Sylvester Wall

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Bill Fraser

Inspector MacPherson

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Avril Angers

Flora's Mother

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Maurice Denham

Editor, The Times

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Martita Hunt

Headmistress

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Betty Marsden

Felicity

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Hugh Burden

Lord Tennyson

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Arnold Diamond

Charles Dickens

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Tessie O'Shea

Music Hall Singer

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Clement Freud

Mr. Mason

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Carol Friday

Flora

No Image

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Jan Holden

Lady Dilke

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John Cleese

Jones (uncredited)

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Veronica Carlson

Lilly (uncredited)

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Peter Jeffrey

Sherlock Holmes (uncredited)

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Thorley Walters

Doctor Watson (uncredited)

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Penny Spencer

Evelyn (uncredited)

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Queenie Watts

Old Crone (uncredited)

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Margaret Nolan

Busty Prostitute (uncredited)

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Milton Reid

Henchman (uncredited)

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Ferdy Mayne

First Petitioner (uncredited)

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Eric Barker

(uncredited)

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Joe Lynch

Policeman (uncredited)

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William Mervyn

Cabinet Minister (uncredited)

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Charles Lloyd Pack

Second Petitioner (uncredited)

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Jessie Robins

Machinist (uncredited)

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Marianne Stone

Machinist (uncredited)

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