Director: Bob Spiers
Writers/Creators: John
Cleese, Connie Booth
Starring: John Cleese,
Prunella Scales, Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, Ballard Berkeley, Gilly Fowler,
Renee Roberts, Brian Hall
After the success of Monty
Python, John Cleese moved on to other projects for BBC television. “Fawlty
Towers” was his follow up where he plays a put upon hotelier, capitalizing on
the popular comedian’s knack for blowing situations out of proportion and
physical distress. Cleese is just as brilliant here as he was for the five
season’s of “Monty Python’s Flying Circus”.
Joining Cleese is Prunella
Scales as his wife and business partner. Scales’ patience with the overreacting
Cleese makes for the perfect counter balance to his through the roof antics. They
don’t make the mistake of making Scales perfect next to Cleese’s insanity. She
has her moments, however subtler.
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