The Man Who Liked Funerals | |
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Directed by | David Eady |
Written by | Margot Bennett Cecily Finn Joan O'Connor |
Starring | Leslie Phillips Susan Beaumont Bill Fraser |
Release date(s) | January 1959 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
The Man Who Liked Funerals is a 1959 British comedy film starring Leslie Phillips, Susan Beaumont and Bill Fraser. It was directed by David Eady and written by Margot Bennett, Cecily Finn and Joan O'Connor. The film was released in the United Kingdom in January 1959.
In order to help a youth club which is under threat of closure, a man begins attending funerals where he blackmails the relatives of the recently deceased, threatening to publish incriminating stories about them. However, his plans encounter problems when he tries to blackmail the family of a prominent villain.