Edwin Antony, emasculated after a philanderer's death, searches for the origin of his organ, involving the philanderer's wife and numerous girlfriends.Edwin Antony, emasculated after a philanderer's death, searches for the origin of his organ, involving the philanderer's wife and numerous girlfriends.Edwin Antony, emasculated after a philanderer's death, searches for the origin of his organ, involving the philanderer's wife and numerous girlfriends.
Pauline Delaney
- Sister Flanagan
- (as Pauline Delany)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn his book "Diaries 1969-1970 The Python Years", Michael Palin records a visit to Pinewood Studios on April 24th 1970 with Terry Jones to discuss rewriting the screenplay of "Percy" for producer Betty Box and director Ralph Thomas. Palin and Jones finished their rewrites on May 22nd, while filming location scenes for the TV show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". The film was released in February 1971 but neither Palin nor Jones received an on-screen credit.
- Quotes
Edwin Anthony: I found out something. There is no point in making love to someone unless you really care about them.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doing Rude Things (1995)
Featured review
This film begins with an antique dealer by the name of "Edwin Anthony" (Hywel Bennett) on his way to deliver a chandelier on a busy city street. All at once, a man falls to his death from a skyrise building resulting in a piece of glass from the chandelier severing Hywel's male organ. In yet another strange twist of fate, there just happens to be a noted physician by the name of "Dr. Emmanuel Whitbread" (Denholm Elliott) waiting for the opportunity to be the first surgeon to ever successfully transplant a male organ onto another person. To his credit, the operation turns out to be a huge success--in more ways than one. Things change, however, when news of this event is released to the public and Edwin becomes obsessed with finding out the identities of everyone his unlucky donor ever slept with. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that I was somewhat skeptical at first about this film but decided to give it a look just to satisfy my curiosity. Having said that, I must admit that my skepticism was justified to a certain degree as the humor wasn't nearly as sharp as it could have been. To its credit, there were a number of attractive female actresses cast in this movie with Cyd Hayman (as "Moira Warrington"), Adrienne Posta ("Maggie Hyde"), Elke Sommer ("Helga"), Janet Key ("Hazel Anthony") and Tracey Crisp ("Miss Elder") who certainly brightened the overall scenery. Unfortunately, their presence wasn't enough to lift this rather lackluster comedy, and I have rated it accordingly. Slightly below average.
- How long is Percy?Powered by Alexa
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Percy - Der Spatz in der Hand
- Filming locations
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content