A Jolly Bad Fellow

An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.

Cast

Leo McKern

as Professor Kerris Bowles-Ottery

Janet Munro

as Delia Brooks

Maxine Audley

as Clarinda Bowles-Ottery

Dennis Price

as Dr. John Hughes

Miles Malleson

as Dr. Woolley

Mervyn Johns

as Willie Pugh-Smith

Leonard Rossiter

as Dr. Fisher

Jennifer White

as TV Make-Up Girl

Patricia Jessel

as Mrs. Pugh-Smith

Duncan Macrae

as Dr. Brass

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