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One Way Pendulum (1964)

One Way Pendulum poster
Directed by
Peter Yates
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An ordinary suburban household is full of strange obsessions. The father fills his home with a courtroom and the son teaches a collection of speaking scales how to sing.

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What happens

One Way Pendulum is a 1965 British comedy film directed by Peter Yates and starring Eric Sykes and George Cole. It was adapted by N. F. Simpson from his 1959 play One Way Pendulum. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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