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Only When I Larf (1968)

Only When I Larf poster
Directed by
Basil Dearden
Genre
comedy film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 44m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A former army officer leads a team of con artists as they pull off a series of scams. The group travels around and takes on different disguises to trick their targets.

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What happens

Only When I Larf is a 1968 British comedy crime drama, directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, and Alexandra Stewart. It was adapted from the 1968 novel Only When I Larf by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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