And the Same to You – 1960 | 70 mins | Comedy | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Based on A.P. Dearsley stage farce The Chigwell Chicken, a prudish reverend joins forces with a crooked boxing promoter to save both themselves and a village hall in this weak comedy. And the Same to You was co-written by John Paddy Carstairs, writer-director of many of the Norman Wisdom comedies.

Reverend Sydney Mullett (Leo Franklyn) is desperately suspicious of the boxing promoter Wally Burton (William Hartnell) who uses the Church’s village hall as a boxing gym. When Wally makes it known the roof is falling in and that it will cost thousands to repair the pair conjure up a scheme for Sydney’s gormless nephew Dickie (Brian Rix) to become a boxer himself and fight under the name of Dickie Dreadnought. Everything seems certain until the Archdeacon decides to make a surprise visit the village hall. To trick the Archdeacon into believing the hall is used as a youth club, Hartnell poses as a man of the cloth whilst his assistant Horace (Tommy Cooper) masquerades as a Scout Leader. The night end in chaos as Wally’s crooked shenanigan’s backfire, Dickie falls in love with the gym secretary and the Archdeacon’s wife admits to being a compulsive gambler.