Comedy. It's in the timing. It's in the material. But mostly, it's in the bones.
Tommy Fawkes wants to be a successful comedian. After his Las Vegas debut is a failure, he returns to Blackpool where his father—also a comedian—started, and where he spent the summers of his childhood.
Directed byPeter Chelsom
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- September 20, 1995
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Featuring
Cast & crew
Oliver Platt
Tommy Fawkes
Jerry Lewis
George Fawkes
Lee Evans
Jack Parker
Leslie Caron
Katie Parker
Richard Griffiths
Jim Minty
Oliver Reed
Dolly Hopkins
George Carl
Thomas Parker
Freddie Davies
Bruno Parker
Ruta Lee
Laura Fawkes
Ian McNeice
Stanley Sharkey
- Directed by
- Peter Chelsom
- Written by
- Peter ChelsomPeter Flannery
- Produced by
- Simon FieldsPeter Chelsom
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